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Arafat made history in September when they signed a peace treaty at the White House.

The Mideast accord was the product of months of secret negotiations which sanctioned

the creation of an autonomous Palestinian homeland in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. The

64-year-old Arafat, pictured at right, once told a reporter: "I am a freedom fighter. I am

sure this is the way that history will remember me." He has also acted the part of

politician — shaking hands, working the crowds — trying to show that he is more than

Prime Minister Kim In response to the After his exile following a

Campbell, the first woman eighteen-month war, the military coup, the people

to lead Canada, was not U.N. sent a peace­ of Haiti anxiously awaited

able to retain the position keeping force to Bosnia. the return of their elected

after the election. The devastated republic president, the Rev. Jean-

Taleen Nevokshonoff has been partitioned into Bertrand Aristide, a

participated in her first ethnic states for Croates, Roman Catholic priest.

election. "Even though I Muslims, and Serbs. Elected in a landslide

had to mail my ballot, I During the conflict, tens victory in the country's

still felt as though I made of thousands have been first democratic vote, his

a difference." killed, and over a million return followed two years

have been left homeless. of international

negotiation.

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