Straw visits Arafat tomb
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat&#39;s West Bank grave and says talks with new Palestinian leaders have given him optimism about a revival of Middle East peacemaking.
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Palestinian leaders arrived in Paris on  Monday hoping to see critically ill President Yasser Arafat at  a French military hospital, despite a scathing attack by his  wife who accused them of plotting to "bury him alive."
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Yasser Arafat spent Sunday talking to colleagues in the West Bank, reading telegrams from well-wishing world leaders and sipping tea.
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Yasser Arafat's nephew arrived in Paris on Sunday to collect the Palestinian leader's medical records, which could explain the cause of his death. Nasser al-Kidwa, who is also the Palestinian representative to the United Nations, would not say when he would collect the records.
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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and other leaders traveled to France to see Yasser Arafat at a military hospital near Paris in a visit condemned by Arafat&#39;s wife, Palestinian officials said.
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Mourners filed past Yasser Arafat&#39;s tomb in Ramallah Saturday as Palestinian soldiers kept watch over what had been a chaotic scene just hours before.
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Palestinian leaders rushed to Paris on Monday to check on the critically ill Yasser Arafat, but hospital officials said visiting rights were restricted - setting the stage
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to fly to Sudan this week to meet government leaders to assess the humanitarian and security crisis.
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Tony Blair is expected to attend a memorial service for murdered British hostage Ken Bigley. The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will join members of Mr Bigley&#39;s family, including his mother
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Top Palestinians are to meet the French president and government ministers in a bid to see their ailing leader, Yasser Arafat, who is in hospital in Paris.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat's West Bank grave on Thursday and said talks with new Palestinian leaders gave him optimism about a revival of Middle East peacemaking.
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Senior Palestinian leaders flew to Paris Monday to assess the health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. They had hesitated briefly after Arafat's wife accused the officials of "trying to bury" him alive.
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Paris, Nov. 1 (NNN): Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is feeling better, his aides say, as he undergoes medical examinations in a French army hospital near Paris.
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CLAMART, France - A senior Islamic cleric arrived in France on Wednesday to visit the bedside of the ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Palestinian officials said.
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PARIS - Nasser al-Kidwa, nephew of the deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, arrived in Paris from Cairo Sunday to pick up a copy of Arafat&#39;s medical records.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will visit the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation during World War II.
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A top Muslim cleric rushed to Yasser  Arafat's hospital bedside on Wednesday, insisting the veteran  Palestinian leader was still alive even as aides arranged for  his burial and prepared for a transfer of power.