Straw visits Arafat tomb
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat&#39;s West Bank grave and says talks with new Palestinian leaders have given him optimism about a revival of Middle East peacemaking.
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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and other leaders traveled to France to see Yasser Arafat at a military hospital near Paris in a visit condemned by Arafat&#39;s wife, Palestinian officials said.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has put off a planned visit to Egypt this week because it would have coincided with the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, officials said here.
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is visiting her ancestral village to pray at her father's tomb.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah on Thursday, initiating a new diplomatic rite certain to vex many Israelis.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's body arrives in Cairo, amid preparations his funeral there on Friday.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attends a PLO executive committee meeting at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004 file photo.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to represent the UK government at a memorial service at Auschwitz later this month.
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Leaving for his much trailed trip to Sudan yesterday, the Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said: &quot;I am keen to see for myself the situation on the ground in Darfur.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei met on Thursday with visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and discussed with him the Middle East peace process.
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PARIS - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrived Friday at a military hospital south of Paris to undergo treatment for a mysterious illness that has weakened him severely and added an unpredictable dynamic to Middle East politics.
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Paris, Nov. 1 (NNN): Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is feeling better, his aides say, as he undergoes medical examinations in a French army hospital near Paris.
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Palestinian leaders arrived in Paris on  Monday hoping to see critically ill President Yasser Arafat at  a French military hospital, despite a scathing attack by his  wife who accused them of plotting to "bury him alive."
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TOP Palestinian politicians are to visit Yasser Arafat in hospital and consult doctors about his condition amid claims that the veteran leader has suffered liver failure.
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A top Muslim cleric rushed to Yasser  Arafat's hospital bedside on Wednesday, insisting the veteran  Palestinian leader was still alive even as aides arranged for  his burial and prepared for a transfer of power.
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Foreign Minister Jack Straw seeked assurances from Palestinian leaders yesterday that they will reform their security forces to help stop violence and work to revive the Middle East peace process.
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PARIS - Nasser al-Kidwa, nephew of the deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, arrived in Paris from Cairo Sunday to pick up a copy of Arafat&#39;s medical records.