Palestinian officials: Arafat era is over
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Palestinian officials close to Yasser Arafat, who is being treated for illness in Paris, told CNN Saturday they have reached the conclusion that the era of Arafat as Palestinian leader is over.
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GAZA CITY, Oct 27  - The Palestinian Authority is ready to assume its responsibilities in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli pullout, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s chief advisor said Wednesday.
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Palestinians looked to their leadership  to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat's fate in a Paris hospital  on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the icon of  their fight for statehood. Arafat, 75, suffered a brain  hemorrhage on Tuesday at the hospital where he was flown from  the West Bank on Oct. 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials  insisted in public that he was alive, though aides said  privately that he was dead.
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The exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Even though Palestinian officials say they have an orderly succession plan to replace leader Yasser Arafat, Arabs and Israelis agree that a power vacuum
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PARISâThe death in a French military hospital of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday marks the end of a particularly eventful chapter in the history of relations between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Senior Palestinian figures gathered at Yasser Arafat&#39;s battered West Bank compound yesterday to show that the Palestinian leadership was still functioning.
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The somber official end to mourning for  Yasser Arafat on Tuesday contrasted with a new sense of  optimism in the Middle East after his death.
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Palestinians reacted with tears and tributes to the death of their leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attends a PLO executive committee meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah in this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004 file photo.
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Abbas claims Arafat's mantle, but peace may be no closer
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Top Palestinian officials are heading to France today to ascertain the real condition of the ailing leader, Yasir Arafat. The officials, including Mr.
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Top Palestinian officials arrived in France today to ascertain the real condition of the ailing leader, Yasir Arafat.
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PARIS, Nov 1  - Palestinian officials voiced optimism Monday about Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition, saying the ailing Palestinian Authority president had shown improvement at the start of a crucial week for his political future.
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Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat confirmed to The Associated Press that Arafat had died.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Senior Palestinian officials, seeking to fill the void left when Yasser Arafat dies, reached out Saturday to Islamic fundamentalists who remain the wild card in a post-Arafat era.
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WEST BANK (BBC) - Yasser Arafat led Palestinian politics for more than 40 years. World leaders have been sending their condolences following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.