Yasser Arafat, Who Led Palestinians to Brink of Statehood, Dies
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who rose from the ranks of guerrilla fighter to share a Nobel Peace Prize with his Israeli archenemies only to watch the peace process later unravel, died today.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat suffered  a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday and aides said he had died at a  French hospital, but confusion over his fate grew as officials  insisted in public that he still clung to life.
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GAZA CITY - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia has ordered an inquiry into what caused the death of Yasser Arafat. Arafat, 75, died in a French military hospital last week.
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ANALYSIS:The death of Yasser Arafat will pose a challenge, but could result in a more legitimate government. BY STEVEN ERLANGER. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians&#39; hope
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PARIS -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died early today at a French military hospital where he had lingered in a coma between life and death for the last week. He was 75.
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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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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dominates today's European papers
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AH Jaffor Ullah. Yasser Arafat, the acknowledged leader of Palestinian people, lived amidst controversy all through his life. The cause of his death has now become a source of controversy amongst the departed leaderâs people all over Middle East.
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Q. Many say that Yasser Arafatâs death is a turning point in the Middle East. Do you see it that way? A. Arafat was a symbolic leader for the Palestinian people.
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The fate of Yasser Arafat was mired in  confusion on Tuesday as Palestinian officials insisted in  public he was clinging to life even as aides said privately the  veteran leader had died at a Paris hospital.
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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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In a milieu where assassination is the normal vehicle for succession and alliances shift as rapidly as sand grains in the tidal zone, Arafat remained the premier spokesman for the Palestinian people for 35 years and died in bed at age 75.
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Few people gained as much fame, or notoriety, in their lifetime as Yasser Arafat. To millions of Palestinians, he embodied their quest for an independent state.
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Yasser Arafat, the leader for decades of a fight for Palestinian independence from Israel, has died at a military hospital in Paris, according to news reports.
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There is a spring in the step of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon these days: His lifelong archenemy Yasser Arafat who seemed to be indestructible is dying, his eternal challenger
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BARBADOS - The Caribbean Community (Caricom), in sending condolence yesterday to the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, hailed the late Yasser Arafat as &quot;a pivotal figure in the history of the Middle East&quot;.
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In death, as in life, Yasser Arafat lit the flames of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity. If he did nothing else - he made certain that the Palestinian struggle for liberty and