Arafat: Flawed figure lacked courage to make peace
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Shakespeare, specialist in flawed heroes, would have had a field day with Yasser Arafat. His life, his secrecy-shrouded illness and his death in Paris on Thursday were rich with symbolism of the aching tragedy of missed potential.
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The key events in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's life and career.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat made a rare admission of mistakes on Wednesday  and urged reforms to end corruption after an unprecedented wave  of turmoil.
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Speaking from France, Palestinian officials say leader Yasser Arafat took a turn for the worse late Wednesday. He&#39;s been in a Paris hospital since last Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- This is a requiem for Nobel Peace Prize winner Yasser Arafat, the fallen leader of the benighted but unbowed Palestinian people.
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An ailing Yasser Arafat â-oo weak to stand, unable to hold down food and spending most of Thursday sleeping â -eed to leave his battered West Bank compound for
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The first thing one notices about Yasser Arafat is not his chequered headscarf, folded in the shape of the map of Palestine; not his surprisingly short stature; not even his trembling lips or pale hands.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a month ago appears to have created a new atmosphere for possible renewal of peace efforts in the Middle East.
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As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat clung to life Thursday, many in the West began to hope -- not for his death, but for the possibility that peace might follow it.
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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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Comatose Yasser Arafatâs condition worsened today as Palestinian officials visited their critically ill leader, ignoring his wifeâs angry objections.
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A mysterious ailment has weakened Yasir Arafat and raised concerns that Palestinian politics could be plunged into turmoil.
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Yasser Arafat acknowledged Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority had made mistakes, but the rare admission appeared to be aimed more at deflecting criticism about his corrupt government than making real changes.
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The sudden deterioration in the health of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat reminded the world that he has his place in history in spite of the many attempts by Israel - and especially by
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LONG before he left for medical treatment in France, Yasser Arafat had all but vanished from the streets of downtown Ramallah in the West Bank.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a rare admission that "unacceptable mistakes" have been made under him.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat acknowledged  Wednesday that he could have made mistakes in his strongest  comments since a wave of Palestinian turmoil over demands for  anti-corruption reforms.