Yasser Arafat (R), chairman of Palestine Liberation OrganisAtion (PLO) shown in file picture dated 01 September 1989 in Tripoli chats with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad during ceremonies for the 20th anniversary of the Libyan revolution. AFP PHOTO NORBERT SCHILLER (Photo credit should read NORBERT SCHILLER/AFP/Getty Images)
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