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November 11, 2004
Arafat's death boosts Web traffic
In the hours after Yasser Arafat's death on Thursday, the Web reacted with a lot of headlines, speculation and debate.
Arafat's death dominated nearly every major news Web site worldwide, including those of Al-Jazeera, Haaretz, the International Herald Tribune, Le Monde and The New York Times.
Headlines ran the gamut form Al-Jazeera's "Israelis shed no tears for Arafat" to the Times' "State for Palestinians and peace with Israel left unrealized."
Web portal Yahoo listed its coverage of the leader's demise as its most heavily e-mailed story less than an hour after his death was first reported. The story also garnered the top spot among the most popular stories on CNN's international news site.
His death came as little surprise. Arafat was admitted to a French military hospital in late October, and rumors soon began circulating that his death was imminent.
The contentious nature of Arafat's reign over Palestinian politics sent Web surfers to Internet message boards to debate the leader's track record.
A quick scan of the various subject headers in Yahoo's discussion area threw light on just how divided sentiments about the leader remain.
Some posters lavished praise on the deceased chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. One subject line stated: "He stood up to the white man." Other posters blasted Arafat: "Why are we honoring a terrorist?"
Source: C-Net News
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