From Tragedy to High Drama, Arafat Saga Has It All
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Yasser Arafat's dying days have contained all the ingredients of a Hollywood drama -- tragedy, suspense, plot twists and even a touch of farce.
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all too often innocents â-ie daily. Reformers and warlords challenge Yasser Arafat as chaos and anarchy envelop the Palestinian Authority.
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For most Israelis, Yasser Arafat's death opens up new hope for an end to the violence.
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THE approaching death of Yasser Arafat will throw most Palestinians into mourning but breathe new life into the failed Middle East peace process.
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From the Vatican to the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, tributes poured in today for Yasir Arafat, a man regarded as an international leader by many and a terrorist by others.
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Yasser Arafat dominated the politics of the Middle East for four decades, and his death comes at a moment when the way ahead for this most intractable of conflicts has rarely looked so uncertain.
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Nearly a week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhosis of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder, or poisoning
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Rarely in history has a political movement been so deliberately set by its founder on a course towards chaos. Arafat not only left no successor, but also no order.
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FOR ALMOST a half century, the name Yasser Arafat was synonymous with Palestinian nationalism. Even as his global influence wanes, and his physical health deteriorates, Arafat provides a reed of continuity
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YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.
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Chicago Tribune - On an August day in 1982, Yasser Arafat faced one of his bleakest moments. His guerrilla fighters defeated, his commanders in despair, Arafat gathered his nationalist forces at a port in the war-torn city of Beirut.
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The BBC's John Simpson assesses the legacy of Yasser Arafat, a man he knew well.
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Assessments of the impact of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death are as divided as earlier explanations of the Palestinian leader&#39;s motivations, intentions, and actions.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A chaotic crush of mourners  filling the air with gunfire forced a hasty burial of Yasser  Arafat on Friday in the finale to a tumultuous life as the  trailblazer of Palestinian nationalism.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s increasingly imminent passing from the scene points to the end of a long and complex era that is best left for historians to assess.
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When Suha Tawil married Yasser Arafat nearly 15 years ago, the pairing was considered so scandalous that Arafat&#39;s top aides kept the wedding a secret for more than
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The death or long-term incapacitation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be a turning point in Middle East history. It could suddenly remove an obstacle to peace or unleash a bloody power struggle among Palestinians factions.