ARAFAT HONORED ON ANNIVERSARY
Egyptian intelligence service chief Omar Suleiman visit the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Arafat's former office compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah 21 December 2004, as Palestinian mark the end of forty days since the veteran leader died in a Paris military hospital 11 November. (UPI Photo/Jamal Aruri/POOL)
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