The funeral of Yasser Arafat is underway. A private state funeral was held in Cairo as kings, presidents and heads of state paid their respects to the lifelong Palestinian leader. A helicopter then ...

CAIRO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- After leading the stateless Palestinian people for more than 35 years, Yasser Arafat was given a funeral fit for a head of state Friday, not in the aspired state he had sought ...

Yasser Arafat's body arrived in Egypt as authorities prepared for a strictly controlled and brief military funeral where dignitaries from around the world will pay their respects. But the people - ...

CAIRO: World leaders Friday bade an emotional farewell to Palestinian hero Yasser Arafat at a solemn military funeral at the Al Maza air base on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital. CAIRO: World ...

PARIS, Nov 11: Yasser Arafat, the guerilla icon-turned Nobel peace prize winner who ended up isolated and locked in renewed conflict with Israel, died on Thursday , his dream of a Palestinian state ...

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's death will not only affect the Palestinian nationalist movement internally, but it will also have an impact on the authority's relationship with other ...

CAIRO, Egypt – Yasser Arafat's (search) body arrived in a casket in Cairo, Egypt, late Thursday, where a funeral service attended by foreign dignitaries will be held for him Friday morning. Arafat's ...

Foreign dignitaries from across the globe have gathered in the Egyptian capital for the funeral of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Brief prayers led by Egypt's top Muslim cleric, Grand Sheikh of ...

CAIRO, Egypt — Intense emotions of both sorrow and defiance were likely to continue across the Middle East today, the day Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is to be honored by international dignitaries ...

CAIRO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Egyptians were unhappy for being banned from paying their last respects to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was given a state military funeral service in Cairo Friday ...