Arafat may find peace
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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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The sombre 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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The sombre official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat today contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the West Asia after his death.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has brought hope locally for a reopened peace process between Palestine and Israel - and a caution that Israel and the United States have the responsibility
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Yasser Arafat was remembered in Canada on Thursday as a Palestinian leader who made great strides for his people or as a man whose death may bring a new chance for peace in the war-torn area.
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During most of last Thursday Yasir Arafat wouldn&#39;t hear of leaving his West Bank headquarters for medical treatment abroad. Though he&#39;d lost consciousness the day before and couldn
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The planned departure today of the ailing Yasser Arafat from his battered compound -- a decade after he arrived in the West Bank with the promise of Palestinian nationhood -- could mark the end of an era.
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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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It would be a huge mistake to say that the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was the only obstacle to peace in the Middle East, but it is an undeniable fact that his death has resurrected, like nothing else could have, prospects for peace between
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Yasir Arafat is not brain dead, his spokeswoman said as Palestinian officials met to consider a future without him.
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Singapore hopes President Yasser Arafat&#39;s death will be &quot;an opportunity for a lasting, just and peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli issue,&quot; a spokesman said.
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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 deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat flashes a &quot;victory&quot; sign during a meeting with supporters at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this Feb. 12, 2002 file photo.
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For a variety of reasons, there is a lot of enthusiasm and optimism surrounding the death of Palestinian Authority (âPAâ) leader, Yasser Arafat, and how his demise might advance an expeditious
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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The death or long-term incapacitation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be a turning point in Middle East history. It could suddenly remove an obstacle to peace or unleash a bloody power struggle among Palestinians factions.