Arafat&#39;s No. 2 Is Set to Assume Palestinian Leadership
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Mahmoud Abbas wears a business suit, not a military uniform and kaffiyeh. He is a former elementary school teacher - studious, gracious, pragmatic and opposed to terrorism.
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BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL - The man favoured to become the next Palestinian leader has agreed to hold internal elections within the ruling Fatah movement, in an attempt to head off the political challenge from a key rival.
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BBC world affairs editor John Simpson knew the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat well. He considers what the future holds for the Palestinian people now he has gone.
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IF ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies, a joint team made up of Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurie and his predecessor Mahmud Abbas is likely to take the reigns of power, Palestinian officials said today.
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If Marwan Barghouti really wants to be chairman of the Palestinian Authority, he should withhold his candidature at this time and allow Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to take responsibility for the transition into the post-Arafat era.
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In a recent interview with foreign reporters, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was asked who would succeed him in the case of his demise.
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A look at the times and career of the Palestinian leader
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The Palestinian public and its leadership in the territories are united in their intention to hold elections for the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in two months&#39; time.
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Nearly two million Palestinians are  to elect a successor to Yasser Arafat, amid concern at Israeli travel curbs.
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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Don't expect a sea-change when Abbas succeeds Arafat
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Top Palestinian officials laid the groundwork Wednesday for the post-Arafat era, agreeing on burial and funeral plans for their gravely ill leader and dividing his powers among three members of his old guard.
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The two leading Palestinian presidential candidates, Mahmoud Abbas and Marwan Barghouti, are in a statistical dead heat ahead of next month&#39;s election to replace the late Yasir
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JERUSALEM, Nov. 13 -- Palestinians must act quickly to hold elections for a leader to replace Yasser Arafat if they are to peacefully transform their political system after more than three decades of one-man control, according to Palestinian politicians, academics and analysts.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death raises considerable speculation about who will ultimately succeed him as leader. On paper, the Palestinian transition of power is quite clear: the speaker of the parliament - Rawhi Fattouh - temporarily becomes president.
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The dominant Palestinian political faction Fatah on Monday named Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate to succeed the late Yasser Arafat in a presidential election scheduled for Jan. 9, officials said.
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PALESTINIAN leaders stepping into the power vacuum left by the death of Yasser Arafat face one of the most daunting challenges in their people&#39;s troubled history.