Yasir Arafat's Long-Awaited `Journey of Return'

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: July 1, 1994 | Copyright information


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07-01-1994

BOB EDWARDS, Host: Good morning. PLO chief Yasir Arafat returns to Gaza today for the first time in 27 years. I'm Bob Edwards. Today is Friday, July 1st, and this is NPR's Morning Edition.

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