Arafatâs Succession: The Transition of Power
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death raises considerable speculation about who will ultimately succeed him as leader. On paper, the Palestinian transition of power is quite clear: the speaker of the parliament - Rawhi Fattouh - temporarily becomes president.
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The return of noted reformer Nabil Amr to Palestinian politics comes at a crucial juncture.
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A look at the times and career of the Palestinian leader
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Palestinians are moving toward a new generation of leadership, while US and Israeli leaders consider their legacies.
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A sharp deterioration in Yasser Arafat&#39;s health is forcing the Palestinian Authority to do something it has largely avoided: consider life after Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians were planning Sunday for a smooth transfer of power in the event of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death at a series of high-level political and security meetings while the veteran leader battled for life in a French hospital.
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The exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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THROUGH THE different stages of his life as chief of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and president of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat&#39;s one consistent principle has been to keep the reins of power wrapped tightly around
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The key events in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's life and career.
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Arafat's death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the U.S. responds
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Arafat&#39;s death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the US responds. Just a few months after Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed the Oslo peace accord in 1993
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Abu Mazen e' il grande favorito alla successione di Arafat
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness and his departure from the West Bank presents a blessing and a curse for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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UMW professor says people should not expect quick, dramatic change in dynamics following death of longtime leader. As Palestinians mourn the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat, attention is shifting to who
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is deeply dividing an already torn Middle Eastern country. As Palestinians mourn the loss of their leader
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s increasingly imminent passing from the scene points to the end of a long and complex era that is best left for historians to assess.
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Arab columnists have praised and criticized    Yasser Arafat 's tactics over the years, but in the wake of his death, they agreed on one thing: Palestinian leaders with new approaches may emerge, but the conditions under which they try to govern remain the same.