(CNN)Here's a look at the life of the late Yasser Arafat, who was president of the Palestinian Authority. Personal: Birth date: August 24, 1929 (some sources say August 4th) Death date: November 11, ...

A Swiss forensic team has declared that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was practically bursting at the seams with polonium when he died in 2004, adding to fuel to the fire of long-running ...

Suha Arafat poses in front of a portrait of her late husband Yasser Arafat at her home in Malta on November 10, 2011, on the eve of the seventh anniversary of his death. Yasser Arafat died on November ...

With all the important news going on in the Middle East this past week, Al Jazeera took time out to remind its audience that Yasser Arafat is still dead. It has been nine years since the Palestinian ...

The latest Intifada has led to violence and misery with no end in sight. Many Palestinians themselves blame Yasser Arafat, accusing the Palestinian Authority of being corrupt and authoritarian. Yet, ...

For a Jew, visiting the Yasser Arafat Museum in Ramallah is an unsettling experience. Arafat, who would have turned 90 this year, is the closest thing Palestinians have to a Founding Father — their ...

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I first wrote about Yasser Arafat and polonium-210 this summer when traces of the radioactive element were found in the personal effects of the dead former Palestinian leader. As his body was exhumed ...

There's a new museum in the West Bank dedicated to an iconic and controversial world figure: the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Visitors can get a peek at Arafat memorabilia and walk through ...

To those unfamiliar with the term, “Yasser Arafat International Airport” must seem like the punch line to some joke about international terrorism. Yet it existed in Gaza, briefly, and President ...

Israeli statesman and its stalwart defender Shimon Peres, who suffered a stroke two weeks ago, died Wednesday in a Tel Aviv area hospital. He was 93. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met Friday with ...

1950s - After graduating from college, founds a nationalistic group called Fatah. The group publishes literature that advocates armed rebellion against Israel. 1964 - The Palestine Liberation ...