Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat

CAI2001070501 - 05 JULY 2001 - CAIRO, EGYPT: Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa confer during their meeting at Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, July 3, 2001..HO/Arafat Press Office. UPI

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