Palestinians pick Arafat heir while U.S. waits in the wings

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USATODAY.com - As Palestinians go to the polls Sunday to choose a president to replace Yasser Arafat, they're like actors in one of those Hollywood movies with two equally plausible endings: One tragic. One happy.

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apparently, Arafat was a pretty bad guy. Stole about a billion dollars from supporters and actually had interest in not making peace with Israel. Hopefully, this will change with a new leader.