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Egypt Holds Funeral for Arafat

NPR | By Peter Kenyon,

Renee Montagne

Published November 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Egypt hosts a military funeral for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat's coffin was carried on a horse-drawn carriage from a Cairo mosque to an Egyptian airbase where the funeral took place. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak led the procession. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Peter Kenyon

Peter Kenyon is NPR's international correspondent based in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Renee Montagne

Renee Montagne, one of the best-known names in public radio, is a special correspondent and host for NPR News.

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