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Yasser Arafat dies at 75 with dream of Palestinian statehood unfulfilled.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2004
By Evan Osnos, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 11--JERUSALEM -- Yasser Arafat, the paramount Palestinian leader for nearly four decades, died early Thursday in a French hospital, closing a chapter in Middle East history and opening a new and uncertain period for Palestinians and Israelis that could lead to peace or further bloodshed.
Among the world's longest-serving and most polarizing political leaders, Arafat was considered a hero by some and a terrorist by others. He died without realizing his lifelong goal of a sovereign Palestinian state.
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