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TIMES COVERAGE
November 14, 2004
Official says no evidence of poisoning
By Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank - A top Palestinian official said Saturday there is no evidence that Israel poisoned Yasser Arafat, but called for an investigation into the cause of death of the Palestinian leader.
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November 13, 2004
A frenzied farewell
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
RAMALLAH, West Bank - In this part of the world, it's usually the Israelis who claim the hilltops. But on Friday, it was the Palestinians - and journalists - who took to the high ground.
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After burial, aides overcome by grief
By wire services
RAMALLAH, West Bank - After Yasser Arafat's chaotic burial, his bodyguards ringed the freshly dug grave Friday for what was to have been an orderly military salute.
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November 12, 2004
Jerusalem's reaction shifts by the street
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
JERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat won't get his wish to be buried in Jerusalem, and the way the two sides of the city reacted to his death Thursday helps explain why.
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In bay area, reaction to Arafat falls along familiar lines
By BRADY DENNIS, DAVID KARP and DONG-PHUONG NGUYEN
The strip of N 56th Street that runs through Temple Terrace might as well have been a border between Israel and Palestine on Thursday.
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November 11, 2004
Arafat's path: unmet promise, unsated dreams
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
AMMAN, Jordan - The death of Yasser Arafat creates a huge vacuum in Palestinian leadership, but it presents a historic chance to revive moribund peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Jerusalem divided by mutual distrust
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
JERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat won't get his wish to be buried in Jerusalem, and the way the two sides of the city reacted to his death Thursday helps explain why.
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Yasser Arafat, 1929-2004
By Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died today (Nov. 11, 2004) at age 75.
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November 9, 2004
Battle at bedside pits Arafat's wife, aides
By wire services
Questions of money and power arise around the stricken Palestinian.
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November 8, 2004
What of Arafat's money?
By Associated Press
His investment portfolio - from an airline in the Maldives to a diamond mine in Africa - once was worth up to $5-billion. But only the PLO leader has the full picture, and it's unclear whether he left a will or records.+
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November 5, 2004
Conflicting rumors, conflicted emotions
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
RAMALLAH, West Bank - President Arafat is dead.
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RELATED LINKS

The Nobel Peace Prize 1994: Yasser Arafat – Biography

The Nobel Peace Prize 1994: Yasser Arafat Nobel Lecture

The Nobel Peace Prize 1994

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