Palestinian leaders give show of unity in Arafat&#39;s absence
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Ramallah, West Bank - The Palestinian leadership held its first meeting Saturday since the departure of the ailing Yasser Arafat, putting on a show of unity to dispel concerns about possible chaos and infighting in his absence.
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Ramallah - Former prime minister Mahmud Abbas appears in pole position to grab the lion&#39;s share of power from Yasser Arafat, taking temporary charge of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian leader&#39;s Fatah faction during his enforced
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat waves, greeting Palestinian women who packed into his compound to mark the International Women&#39;s Day with him, outside his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this March 8, 2004 file photo.
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Yasser Arafat was in a critical condition  in a French hospital on Saturday and Hamas militants in Gaza  said there was an urgent need for unity among Palestinian  leaders.
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Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organisation affirmed today that Yasser Arafat remained very much in charge despite his absence for urgent medical treatment in France.
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Yasser Arafat is in a stable condition  and not in a coma, an aide said on Sunday, while militants  pressed for decision-making powers in a unified Palestinian  leadership if the president dies.
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Hundreds of Arab and Muslim leaders and officials participated Friday in the funeral procession of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Cairo.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, reportedly in a coma and lingering between life and death in a French hospital, was on the hearts and minds of several Palestinians as they left the North
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Senior Palestinian leaders flew to Paris Monday to assess the health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. They had hesitated briefly after Arafat&#39;s wife launched a tirade
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Palestinian politicians Thursday tried to fill the void left by the death of Yasser Arafat, a lone-style leader who put a nationalist movement on the world map but willed to his successors a fragile, stateless people.
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Since the death of the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, a mood has been spreading in the Middle East that had not been felt for a long time: optimism.
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A cameraman shoots video footage backdropped by a row of posters depicting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Kalandia, prior to a PLO leadership meeting at the compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday Nov. 6, 2004.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Monday to form a unity government the Palestinians hope will   end their international isolation and revive aid.
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JERUSALEM: The interim Palestinian leadership, taking advantage of Yasser Arafat&#39;s absence, could try to renew ties with the United States in a bid to revive the Middle East peace process, analysts said Sunday.
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Yasir Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians&#39; hope for a viable, independent state and the prime obstacle to its realization.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his wife Suha hold hands prior to Arafat&#39;s departure from his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah in this file picture released by the Palestinian Authority Friday Oct. 29, 2004.
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THE MONTH since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death has seen an encouraging flurry of movement on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.