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Friday, November 12, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Palestinian Mourners Await Arafat's Arrival The coffin of Yasser Arafat, draped with the Palestinian flag, was bound for Ramallah in the West Bank Friday, following a formal funeral on a military compound near Cairo. (By Scott Wilson and Fred Barbash, The Washington Post) U.S. to Consider Naming Mideast Peace Envoy (The Washington Post) U.S. Tries To Corner Fallujah Insurgents Evidence of Guerrilla Atrocities Is Found (The Washington Post) POLITICS U.S. to Consider Naming Mideast Peace Envoy The White House, seeking to take advantage of the diplomatic opening created by Yasser Arafat's death, is prepared to consider the British proposal to shepherd the peace process, administration officials said Thursday. 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Satirist Terry Southern's Wacky Idea for Tube a Reality (The Washington Post) More Style LIVE DISCUSSIONS Americans at War Brent Glass, director of the National Museum of American History, discusses the new exhibition chronicling U.S. military history. Frontline/World Correspondent Krista Mahr discusses discusses her dispatch from Greenland. Also, series editor Stephen Talbot responds to questions about his report on how the world is reacting to Bush's reelection. Politics Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher The Rothenberg Political Report, discusses the new political landscape after the 2004 election. Behind the Screen Post film critic Desson Thomson talks about current film offerings -- both Hollywood and independent -- classic films and the art of the cinema. More Live Discussions EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS Yasser Arafat TO SAY THAT Yasser Arafat was the embodiment of the Palestinian national cause, as many of his obituaries did, is true enough -- but it is also unfair... 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