The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" id="mwAYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a> confirms the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat" id="mwAY0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yasser Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a> from unidentified causes. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" id="mwAY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a> is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.