Yasser Arafat — now gravely ill in a French hospital — at his sandbagged West Bank headquarters and turn it into a shrine, defusing a possible confrontation with Israel over their leader's resting ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat was buried Friday in the place where he spent his last years as a virtual prisoner, seen off in a huge and chaotic outpouring of grief for the man who embodied the ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Bulldozers and dump trucks cleared rubble Wednesday for Yasser Arafat's burial at his battered headquarters — a symbol of Palestinian resistance where he spent his last years in ...

In this picture released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat speaks during a meeting at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Wednesday. pq The contingency plan ...

Arafat was cooped up in his battered offices by Israel's army for nearly three years, and the site has become a symbol to Palestinians of their resistance to Israeli occupation. "We formed a committee ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday he would never let Yasser Arafat be buried in Jerusalem but would honor a commitment to allow the Palestinian leader to return to the West ...

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JERUSALEM — Israel is determined to keep Yasser Arafat out of Jerusalem even in death, with one Cabinet minister saying Friday that the holy city is reserved for the burial of Jewish kings, ‘‘not Arab ...

PARIS, Nov. 5 -- Palestinian officials acknowledged Friday that Yasser Arafat was in a coma and struggling to survive, while Israeli officials issued blunt warnings that they would not allow the ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 12 -- The helicopter carrying Yasser Arafat's body touched the ground Friday, and the Palestinian leader's impassioned mourners surged forward. By the thousands, they ...