Arafat&#39;s succession turns into power struggle
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/11/04) - The new head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Mahmoud Abbas, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants burst into a mourning tent for the late Yasser Arafat firing assault rifles, killing two security guards
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One month after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, realignments on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide are raising fragile hopes for a mutual retreat from four years of fighting.
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Yasser Arafat continues to fight for his life as Palestinian leaders gather to discuss who might succeed him if he dies.
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Ramallah, West Bank - Yasser Arafat, fighting for his life in a Paris hospital, has cheated death on several fronts during a 40-year career as the symbol of the struggle for Palestinian statehood.
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Palestinian leaders prepared on Thursday to transfer President Yasser Arafat's powers to three key figures who will take on the most important roles he held, officials said.
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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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The history of the Middle East is at a turning point, as Yasser Arafat&#39;s health deteriorates and Israel takes steps to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, faces the collapse of Fatah power in Gaza and a putative Palestinian state divided between Fatah and Hamas.
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The Palestinian political scene is in turmoil today after jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti, in a last-minute reversal, entered the race for president to replace Yasser Arafat, challenging the establishment candidate.
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The man widely expected to succeed Yasser Arafat in next year&#39;s Palestinian elections, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday appeared to win a power struggle in the dominant Fatah movement after a bloody gun battle in Gaza City.
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After four decades of conflict with Israel, Yasser Arafat seems destined to spark yet another battle in the event of his death. The 75-year-old guerrilla leader- turned-Palestinian
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Yasser Arafat's wife accused his top lieutenants of seeking to grab power from her ailing husband, prompting three top Palestinian officials to abruptly cancel a visit to Paris &#151; at least for a day &#151; the first sign of an open power struggle while Arafat clings to life.
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Doctors fought to keep Yasser Arafat alive as anxious Palestinian officials looked for ways to prevent unrest if their 75-year-old leader, said on Friday to be in a coma, dies.
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JERUSALEM, Nov 15  - Israel is looking on anxiously at the unfolding struggle to fill the void left by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, keen to assist moderate elements to ensure a peaceful transition of power.
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The imminent passing of Yasser Arafat will mark the beginning of a new era in the Arab-Israeli conflict. For a century, Palestinian national politics has been dominated by two men: Hajj Amin al-Husseini led
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Palestinian society is splintered along deep political, geographic and ideological lines that will be exacerbated by the death of Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Ailing Palestinian  President Yasser Arafat's powers have been temporarily passed  to two men -- both who have served under him as prime minister  -- until he recovers or dies, officials said on Friday.