Palestinians Mourn Hero&#39;s Defeat in Arab Pop Contest
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Thousands of Palestinians gathered at a West Bank park on Sunday, defying Islamic militant disapproval, in the hope their pop idol would become the first Palestinian to win an Arab song contest.
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The wailing that attended Yasser Arafat&#39;s burial in the West Bank on Friday was as much for the Palestinians&#39; future as the passing of the man.
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Palestinians reacted with tears and tributes to the death of their leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday.
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A Libyan singer has won the Arab version of the Super Star singing competition staged in the Lebanese capital. Edging out Palestinian Ammar Hasan, Ayman al-Athar persuaded a majority of the 3.2 million viewers
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Meanwhile, the favored candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, escaped injury as Palestinians waged a deadly gun battle during a mourning service for Yasir Arafat.
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Ramallah: Yasser Arafat, the icon of the Palestinian freedom struggle, was laid to rest in his ravaged West Bank headquarters in here amidst a surge of emotions and hysteria with many of his supporters firing from Kalashnikovs in the air.
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At the moment Yasser Arafat&#39;s body was lowered into his tomb in Ramallah on the West Bank, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip vented their sorrow with shouts of grief and bursts of gunfire.
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When Yasser Arafat died last week of an undisclosed illness, he left his Palestinian supporters bereft of their greatest modern ally.
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ANKARA, Nov 11  - Turkish leaders Thursday expressed sorrow at the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and pledged their country&#39;s continuing support to the Palestinian struggle for an independent state.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Senior Palestinian officials, seeking to fill the void left when Yasser Arafat dies, reached out Saturday to Islamic fundamentalists who remain the wild card in a post-Arafat era.
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Worn down by four years of bloody conflict with Israel, Palestinians found a welcome diversion Sunday: Watching Ammar Hassan, one of their own, compete for the title of best singer in the Arab world.
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Palestinians expressed sorrow and anxiety at the thought of a future without Yasser Arafat, wondering if his absence from the Palestinian territories would bring a bloody
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is deeply dividing an already torn Middle Eastern country. As Palestinians mourn the loss of their leader
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Jerusalem - Political leaders in Israel and the West Bank steeled themselves for the end of the Yasser Arafat era as the vanguard of the Palestinian nationalist struggle lay brain dead in a Paris hospital.
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Forty years later, defeats and disappointments continue to shape the lives of Palestinians and Israelis
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After the emotional fury of Yasser Arafat&#39;s funeral quiet has descended on the occupied territories as Palestinians step cautiously into an uncharted future.