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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, seen by some as a passionate advocate for Palestinian statehood and as a ruthless terrorist by others, dies at a Paris military hospital at the age of 75. |
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Palestinian officials announce that ailing Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat will be taken to Paris for treatment. |
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health deteriorates and a team of doctors begin to treat him at his Ramallah compound, |
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat tells a meeting of MPs that "unacceptable mistakes" have been made under his leadership, and that there had been major failings in enforcing security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. |
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Palestinian militants, angry over Yasser Arafat's decision to appoint his cousin Moussa Arafat as the new head of Palestinian security, sack government offices in Gaza |
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Citing the Qu'ran, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called on his people to "terrorize your enemy" as he bitterly marked the 56-year anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. |
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Yasser Arafat recognizes the existence of Israel. |
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Yaser Arafat is re-elected to head the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). |
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Yasser Arafat, leader of Al-Fatah, becomes president of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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Yasser Arafat is born in Cairo, Egypt according to his birth certificate. He had insisted he was born on August 4 in Jerusalem. |
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