(Reuters) Abdel-Sattar Qassem, 56, who teaches political science at al-Najah University in Nablus, said he was running to fight corruption that he had long criticized under Arafat's rule. Talal Seder, 50, an Islamist from Hebron who was once Arafat's sports minister and more recently an adviser on religious affairs, said he would "follow in the footsteps" of Arafat.
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