Arafat is dying, and all the world can do is watch.

[Caid Ivik]

Our german teacher used it as an example, now I come home and see he wasn't making just easy formulation...

[ordos45]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3984841.stm

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041111/D869GBCO0.html

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D72BBBD7-AAC6-4F8F-964B-09408636973C.htm

Yep...definitely dead.  Even Al Jazeera is admitting it.

[Dude_Doc]

Our primeminister (Goeran Persson) is going to the funeral. Don't ask me why...

[Dante]

Why not? Shouldn't hurt.

[leo]

Will countries send their officials to bin laden's funeral Dante?

[Caid Ivik]

I would go, I heard that muslim kars are very rich  ;D

[Dude_Doc]

Yes, but why our primeminister? We haven't helped them with anything, okay, maybe some diplomatic relations, but not much. It isn't as if Arafat was close to Sweden in some way... ("besides" the Oslo Treaty which was some time ago).

[Tako]

saw the news today

glad I was'nt ther what a mess all those people going wild

damn, one man and what did he make an impression

100.000 people ther they said

[Anathema]

Will countries send their officials to bin laden's funeral Dante?

Diplomacy. Arafat was an asshole, but to denounce him (like, not visiting his funeral) would probably do more harm then good. Afterall many Palestinians accepted him as their leader.

[Digital Guerrilla]

The offer that was made to Arafat at Camp David in 2000 should have been refused. The Olso agreements are nothing more than Palestinian subjugation.

[Dante]

Will countries send their officials to bin laden's funeral Dante?

Is Bin Laden a recognised head of state, leo?

[leo]

As far as I know there is no Palestinian state, and besides I'm not sure UK and France will send officials to Sadam's funeral.

[nemafakei]

Jack Straw, the foreign office minister was sent.

[Digital Guerrilla]

These are the foriegn officals who were supposed to attend Araft's funeral in Cario.

Algeria: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Bangladesh: Presidents Iajuddin Ahmed

Brazil: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Bulgaria: Foreign Minister Solomon Passy

Denmark: Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller

Dutch: Foreign Minister Ben Bot

Egypt: President Hosni Mubara

European Union: Foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

France: Foreign Minister Michel Barnier

Germany: Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer

Hungary: Foreign Minister Ferenc Somogyi.

Indonesia: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Iran: Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi

Jordan: King Abdullah

Ireland: Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern

Malaysia: Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Pakistan: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz

The People's Republic of China: Deputy Prime Minister Hui Liangyu

Portugal: Foreign Minister Antonio Monteiro

South Africa: President Thabo Mbeki

South Korea: Former Foreign Minister Yoon Young-Kwan

Spain: Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos

Sweden: Prime Minister Goran Persson

Switzerland: Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey

Turkey: Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul

United Kingdom: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

United Nations: Secretary General Kofi Annan

Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh

[Tako]

just nit picking but shoul it not say: netherlands or Holland in stead of Dutch

Dutch revers to the inhabetans not to the country

[Dante]

As far as I know there is no Palestinian state, and besides I'm not sure UK and France will send officials to Sadam's funeral.

Are you just going to keep listing people that we're not supposed to like until you find one that fits your argument? Saddam's funeral, when it actually occurs, will depend entirely on the circumstances surrounding his death. My bet is that nobody will be allowed to attend. Either that or he'll be executed in his own country, which would not be a good idea...