Egypt Holds Funeral for Arafat
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.
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