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Arafat dead: funeral to be held in Egypt

Paris, France - The last PNA's leader last travel to be tomorrow

The President of Palestine Authority died in the morning at 3:30am at French military "Hospital d’Instruction des Armees de Percy", where he had been under medical treatment from Friday, October 29 (see for details AVIONEWS). Yasser Arafat, national icon leader of guerrilla for Palestine liberation, died at age 75; thanks to his lifetime devotion to the his own land cause, he won the Nobel Price f...

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Rome, Italy, 11/11/2004 12:43
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