Yasir Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organization chief, has applied for a visa to come to the UN for the General Assembly debate next week on the Palestine question, it was learned here Wednesday. But Courtney Sheldon, spokesman for the U.S. Mission here, refused to confirm or deny that a visa application had been made.
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