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Arafat sets stage for new Fatah elections
Sac Bee ^ | 2/27/04 | Mohammed Daraghmeh - AP

Posted on 02/27/2004 1:57:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 6:06:22 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Yasser Arafat on Friday promised long-overdue elections in his Fatah movement within a year - responding to growing demands for change - but disgruntled younger activists said they doubt the Palestinian leader will keep his word.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel
KEYWORDS: arafat; araflat; arasplat; elections; fatah; setsstage
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, wearing a pistol on his waist,
inspects his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah late Thursday.


1 posted on 02/27/2004 1:57:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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