YASSER ARAFAT
Masked Palestinian militants march with posters of the late President Yasser Arafat in Rafah, Gaza, on November 11, 2004. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died at a Paris hospital early Thursday. He was 75. (UPI photo /Ismael Mohamad)
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