Arafat Eulogized as Keeper of Palestinian Dream
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In the international online media, Yasser Arafat is receiving gentler treatment in death than he usually received in life. Arafat was a &quot;truly great leader,&quot; said the Jakarta Post in Indonesia.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinian aspiration to a viable, independent state and the prime obstacle to its realization.
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Tears and gunshots, praise and condemnation marked the death of Yasser Arafat, whose fight for the Palestinian cause made him a towering and controversial figure on the world stage.
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F inally, the best thing that Yasser Arafat could do for the Palestinians was to die. In the month since the founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and head of the Palestinian Authority died in
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PARIS, Nov 1  - Palestinian officials on Monday voiced optimism about the health of their ailing leader Yasser Arafat, saying he was in stable condition and had shown &quot;clear improvement&quot;.
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By looking after Yasser Arafat in his last days and sending his body home with full honours, France reinforced its image as a major Palestinian ally and attempted to position itself as a key player should the ...
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I must start by thanking the French government and people for honoring President Yasser Arafat who spent his last days in their hospitality.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Thousands of Palestinians  paid tumultuous homage to leader Yasser Arafat on Friday,  surging around the helicopter that flew his coffin home to the  West Bank in a chaotic scene of guns and tears.
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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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On the day that Yasser Arafat left for urgent medical treatment in France, the press in the Palestinian territories and the wider Arab world hails his commitment to the Palestinian cause and prays for his speedy recovery.
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Since the death of the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, a mood has been spreading in the Middle East that had not been felt for a long time: optimism.
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Although he did not live to see Palestinian statehood, Yasser Arafat was given a funeral yesterday worthy of a head of state and attended by kings and presidents from around the world.
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Abbas claims Arafat's mantle, but peace may be no closer
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In a ceremony isolated from the Arab throngs that loved Yasser Arafat best, kings and diplomats, presidents or proxies from more than 50 countries paid tribute Friday to the man who personified the Palestinians' aspirations for statehood.
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Thousands poured onto Palestinian  streets to mourn Yasser Arafat on Thursday while world leaders  praised him as an icon of his people's struggle whose death  could usher in a new Middle East peace drive.
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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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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Pilgrims and a new  Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of  Jesus's birth with prayers for peace on Saturday, lifted by  fresh hope following Yasser Arafat's death.