1.   Clinton had begun reasserting that leadership.

2.   But the issue also gives Egypt a tool for reasserting its leadership among Arabs who still view it as too close to Israel.

3.   But the issue also gives Egypt a tool for reasserting its leadership among Arabs who view it as too close to Israel.

4.   CAIRO, Egypt -- Yasser Arafat on Sunday prevents a showdown with his rivals in the beleaguered PLO and reasserts his leadership of the Palestinian movement.

5.   Facing a rebellion from his rivals in the PLO, Yasser Arafat on Sunday forestalled a showdown in the beleaguered organization and reasserted his leadership of the Palestinian movement.

6.   Is it because, having seeing himself mired in a deepening crisis at home, Clinton is seeking to reassert his leadership abroad?

7.   Yasser Arafat on Sunday prevented a showdown with his rivals in the beleaguered PLO and reasserted his leadership of the Palestinian movement.