Arafat&#39;s immediate successor a moderate
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Rauhi Fattouh, the man chosen as Yasser Arafat&#39;s immediate successor as Palestinian Authority president, is a 55-year-old moderate who only became parliament speaker six months ago.
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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It will be a long time before a new Palestinian leader commands the public admiration and political power that Yasser Arafat did. This power enabled him to make concessions that no previous Palestinian leader would have considered.
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s passing away last week lowered the curtain for his half-century efforts of Palestinian liberation, but the Middle East peace process continued and arrived at a new crossroad.
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presidential election to choose Arafat&#39;s successor, arrived in Israel after a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday. Mahmoud Abbas -- frontrunner in next month&#39;s poll -- and Ahmed Qurie.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate Palestinian Authority president, has little power to carry out his decrees or his will.
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Since the death of Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian news media has adopted a more moderate voice toward Israel.
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Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat was in serious, but stable condition as of Thursday morning, after his health condition worsened Wednesday evening, officials in Arafat&#39;s office said.
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The exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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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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To Palestinians, Yasser Arafat was &quot;Mr Palestine&quot;, a historical figure who embodied the Palestinian nationalist movement.
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nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor. Fatah movement and Islamists sworn to destroying Israel.
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Palestinians are electing a successor to their late leader, Yasser Arafat.
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Despite the frequently heard claim that, post-Arafat, a moderate Palestinian trend offers an opportunity for advancing peace, the Palestinian reality is one of division and radical veto power.
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With Yasser Arafat gravely ill in a French hospital, some of his powers were formally transferred to other Palestinian officials yesterday, as Israel readied plans to stem potential unrest in the event he dies.
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With Arafat gravely ill, Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and his predecessor, Mahmoud Abbas, were chosen to temporarily assume the Palestinian leader's duties.