Cleric Rushes to See Arafat; Burial Plans Proceed
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A top Muslim cleric rushed to Yasser  Arafat's hospital bedside on Wednesday, insisting the veteran  Palestinian leader was still alive even as aides arranged for  his burial and prepared for a transfer of power.
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Yasir Arafat was buried in Ramallah in a scene of grief and chaos, with thousands of Palestinians surging around his coffin.
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Gravely ill and comatose, Yasser Arafat clung to life in a French hospital Friday as Israeli officials vowed to prevent the Palestinian leader from being buried in Jerusalem, stoking
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Top Palestinian officials are to meet the French president in the hope of visiting the ailing Yasser Arafat.
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Wednesday saw another twist in the drawn-out cliffhanger on Yasser Arafatâs demise which started 13 days ago. The senior Palestinian Muslim cleric Sheikh Taissir Tamimi who was dispatched to the Percy hospital
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to throng the West Bank city of Ramallah today for the interment of Mr Yasser Arafat, the 75-year-old Palestinian leader who died early yesterday in Paris, writes ...
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Yasser Arafat will get a military funeral  in Egypt on Friday before burial in the smashed West Bank  compound where he spent his final years besieged by Israeli  troops without realizing his dream of a Palestinian state.
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A leading cleric who spent an hour by Yassir Arafat&#39;s bedside in a French hospital this morning says that the Palestinian leader is still alive.
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Top Palestinians are to meet the French president and government ministers in a bid to see their ailing leader, Yasser Arafat, who is in hospital in Paris.
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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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At a solemn vigil outside the hospital treating Yasser Arafat, an unusual interfaith moment: A haredi rabbi from New York leaving flowers for the ailing Palestinian leader.
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JERICHO, West Bank A Palestinian leader who is campaigning to take the place of the late Yasser Arafat is pledging to follow in the footsteps of the longtime leader.
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Medics, aides and family rush to the West Bank as fears grow for Yasser Arafat's health.
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CLAMART, France - A senior Islamic cleric arrived in France on Wednesday to visit the bedside of the ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Palestinian officials said.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat performed predawn prayers on Thursday as a team of doctors will decide whether the ailing 75-year-old should be transferred to a hospital.
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A senior Islamic cleric is on his way to see Yasser Arafat, who is in a coma and has suffered a brain haemorrhage.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Palestinian officials are pushing ahead with plans for life without Yasser Arafat. The officials met today to set a date for elections to replace their longtime leader after his death last week.