Arafat absence could aid US-Palestinian ties
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell is  expected to visit the West Bank for talks next week that could  herald a revived U.S. push for peace following Yasser Arafat's  death, a Palestinian official said on Monday.
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JERUSALEM Palestinian leaders have outlined plans to persuade visiting American envoys to help ensure smooth elections to replace Yasser Arafat.
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A day after Yasser Arafat was buried, Palestinians began taking stock of a future without the man who led their fight for independence, while Europe and the US look at ways to revive the stalled peace process.
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Washington: The United States on Friday declined to join a row over the potential burial of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, adding that his death would not change US policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Colin Powell, the departing US Secretary of State, flies into Israel tonight to open a week of diplomacy aimed at helping to revive the Middle East peace process after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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The Israeli cabinet and the Palestinian officials held separate gatherings on Sunday, but dealt with the same question: how to respond to the absence of Yasir Arafat, who
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The United States sought on Thursday to bolster support for an aid blockade against the Palestinian Authority and win backing for U.S. efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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The loss of Yasser Arafat could ease the Palestinian-Israeli conflict significantly, local observers of Middle Eastern politics said Friday.
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The Bush administration is reaching  out to European allies for a possible new push for peace in the  Middle East if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is replaced by  more moderate leaders, U.S. and diplomatic sources said on  Monday.
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The United States has reported encouraged Israel to help strengthen the position of moderate Palestinians in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Israeli-Palestinian cooperation since Palestinian President Yasser Arafat&#39;s death has helped buoy hopes for a revived West Asia peace process, the top UN envoy for the Middle East said.
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Whether we shed tears of pain or smile with joy at Yasser Arafat&#39;s passing, the future of Palestinian-Israeli relations hangs in the balance.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials cautioned yesterday against expectations of a speedy return to peace negotiations after Yasser Arafat's death and signaled a reluctance to immediately embrace the newly emerging Palestinian leadership.
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The US is gearing up for possible re-engagement in an Israeli-Palestinian peace process that has been on hold for most of the last four years because of a Palestinian terrorism war and Israeli countermeasures.
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Even while mourning the loss of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leadership ordered preparations for new presidential elections to start immediately and appealed to the United States to take an active role in securing a vote in 60 days.
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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