Arafat fights for life
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JERUSALEMâA vigil appeared to be building around ailing Yasser Arafat early today at his besieged compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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ANALYSIS:The death of Yasser Arafat will pose a challenge, but could result in a more legitimate government. BY STEVEN ERLANGER. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians&#39; hope
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For all the questions raised by last weekâs death of Yasser Arafat, one thing is certain: The debate over his legacy is likely to be as polarizing as the conflict that consumed his life.
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The Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence is larger than the late President Yasser Arafat. The decades-long symbolism that Arafat embodied should not be underestimated.
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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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Palestinians looked to their leadership  to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat's fate in a French  hospital on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the  icon of the fight for a state. Arafat, 75, suffered a brain  hemorrhage on Tuesday at the hospital where he was flown from  the West Bank on Oct. 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials  insisted in public that he was alive, though aides said  privately that he was dead.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat continues to undergo medical tests in Paris as doctors try to diagnose the mysterious illness that recently befell him.
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With Yasser Arafat fighting for his life in a French hospital, his top lieutenants will fly to Paris for consultations with his doctors, a senior official said Sunday, as Palestinian
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Foreign doctors rushed to  Yasser Arafat's side on Thursday to tend to the seriously ill  Palestinian leader, who for decades has symbolized his people's  struggle for statehood.
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Senior Palestinian officials headed for a showdown with the wife of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday as pressure mounted on her to lift the veil of secrecy she has imposed on the critically ill leader.
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Seriously ill and perhaps fighting for his life, Yasser Arafat ( news - web sites ) was rushed Friday to a military hospital near Paris that specializes in blood disorders.
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Yasir Arafat has feuded with Israel throughout his adult life and now, it appears, the quarrel will continue with his death. Mr. Arafat, who remained in a coma at
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Arafat disabled is in some ways a bigger problem than Arafat dead. If he dies, Palestinians must accept it quickly and try to engineer a succession.
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GAZA CITY, Nov 6  - Prime minister Ahmed Qorei urged leaders of armed factions not to drag the Palestinian people into internecine conflict Saturday as their veteran leader Yasser Arafat fought for his life in a Paris hospital.
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Chicago Tribune - On an August day in 1982, Yasser Arafat faced one of his bleakest moments. His guerrilla fighters defeated, his commanders in despair, Arafat gathered his nationalist forces at a port in the war-torn city of Beirut.
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With Yasser Arafat fighting for his life in a French hospital, his top lieutenants will fly to Paris for consultations with his doctors, a senior official said Sunday, as Palestinian leaders worked to set up contingency plans in the event of the 75-year-old leader's death.
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THE political struggle for Yasser Arafat&#39;s inheritance escalated last night into a fierce contest for the dying man&#39;s body, as a war of words erupted between the Palestinian leader&#39;s wife and his top officials.