Palestinian leaders close ranks in Arafat&#39;s absence
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The Palestinian leadership convened yesterday without Yasser Arafat in the chair for the first time in years, making a show of stability while the ailing iconic
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JERUSALEM -- Three senior Palestinian leaders have left the West Bank to visit Yasser Arafat in Paris. The trip was on, off and then on again within several hours.
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By the News-Register. Clearly, the Palestinian people need to select a new leader, replacing Yasser Arafat. In doing so they have an opportunity to achieve something that Arafat himself has blocked for many years - peace with Israel.
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Chairman of the PLO executive committee Mahmoud Abbas ( Abu Mazin) stressed attachment to peace with Israel and vowed to &quot;follow the steps of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat,&quot; calling on Israel to return back to the table of negotiations in
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attends a PLO executive committee meeting at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004 file photo.
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One day ahead of a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Tuesday recommitted the new Palestinian Leadership to peace as the strategic option and to late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafatâs legacy
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There are reports from the Palestinian territories that the health of leader Yasser Arafat is deteriorating. There has been concern in recent weeks about the Palestinian Authority head&#39;s health was worsening
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders were  going ahead with a visit to France to see critically ill  Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a senior Palestinian  official told Reuters on Monday.
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Ramallah - Former prime minister Mahmud Abbas appears in pole position to grab the lion&#39;s share of power from Yasser Arafat, taking temporary charge of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian leader&#39;s Fatah faction during his enforced
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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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With Yasser Arafat apparently near death, leading Palestinian politicians have moved rapidly to prevent a visible vacuum of power, reaching out to disaffected younger legislators, Palestinian militant ...
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Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organisation have met for the first time in decades without Yasser Arafat. The executive committee meeting was held in Mr Arafat&#39;s battered headquarters in the West Bank
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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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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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Four top Palestinian officials Tuesday will be visiting ailing leader Yasser Arafat, according to chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat.
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A planned trip by Palestinian leaders to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a French hospital has been postponed, Palestinian officials confirmed Monday.
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Following are brief profiles of Palestinian leaders who could become candidates to replace President Yasser Arafat, who has been described as &quot;very, very sick&quot; by officials.