PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT HAS LEFT HIS COMPOUND AND BEGAN TOURI...

World | May 2, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has left his compound and began touring the damage in Ramallah on Thursday, a day after Israel lifted a monthlong siege around his compound in the West Bank city. Crowds of people cheered in support of Arafat as he emerged from the compound. He smiled and chanted along with his supporters. The Israeli withdrawal from around Arafat's compound had hinged on the transfer of six prisoners, who had been holed up in the compound with Arafat, and wanted by Israel. The six were transferred to a Palestinian jail in Jericho and will be under U.S. and British supervision.

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