Arafat's Condition Critical, Militants Seek Powers
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Yasser Arafat lay in critical condition  in a French hospital on Saturday and militants pressed  Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie to give them decision-  making powers in a temporary unified leadership if he dies.
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TOP Palestinian politicians are to visit Yasser Arafat in hospital and consult doctors about his condition amid claims that the veteran leader has suffered liver failure.
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Yasser Arafat is in a coma and his condition worsened overnight, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday, as Palestinian officials sought to visit their critically ill leader over his wife's angry objections.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The top Palestinian  decision-making body Sunday made its strongest appeal for  militants to stop attacks since Yasser Arafat's death last  November and replacement by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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The condition of the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, has worsened overnight, just before a group of Mr. Arafat's likely political heirs arrived today.
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There were conflicting reports that Yasir Arafat was fighting for his life and an envoy said he was in a reversible coma.
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Yasser Arafat is in a stable condition and not in a coma, an aide said on Sunday, while militants pressed for decision-making powers in a unified Palestinian leadership if the president dies.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Open conflict erupted yesterday between Yasser Arafat's personal inner circle and his would-be political heirs over who should have access to the gravely ill Palestinian leader and who will control the financial and political power he wielded for decades.
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There are reports from the Palestinian territories that the health of leader Yasser Arafat is deteriorating. There has been concern in recent weeks about the Palestinian Authority head&#39;s health was worsening
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With Yasser Arafat plagued by a mysterious medical condition, the Bush administration is pressing the Israeli government to begin cultivating a new Palestinian leadership and to launch talks regarding the territories.
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Yasser Arafat was in intensive care Saturday in a French hospital, as former US envoys said his death would open up opportunities for peace, especially if pragmatic Palestinian leaders emerge.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in a very serious condition but was able to take part in Muslim morning prayers on Thursday, officials said, as a team of foreign doctors rushed to his headquarters.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat  remained in a critical condition on Saturday, a senior aide  said, despite a media report that he might have opened his eyes  and talked to doctors.
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JERUSALEM - With Yasser Arafat fighting for his life in a French hospital, his top lieutenants will fly to Paris for consultations with his doctors, a senior official said Sunday, as Palestinian leaders worked to set up contingency plans in the event of
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Senior Palestinian officials hope to see Yasser Arafat in a French hospital on Tuesday after traveling to Paris despite a war of words with the Palestinian president's wife.
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders  prepared on Thursday to transfer President Yasser Arafat's  powers to three key figures who will take on the most important  roles he held, officials said.