Arafat Doctors Rule Out Leukemia, Cite Improvement
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French doctors said on Tuesday Yasser Arafat was responding to treatment and ruled out leukemia, though aides said the Palestinian leader could remain in a French military hospital for several more weeks.
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PARIS - Yasser Arafat&#39;s medical records don&#39;t show the cause of the Palestinian leader&#39;s death, his nephew said on Monday, but they appear to rule out poison.
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Zoning in on a diagnosis for ailing Yasser Arafat should be a fairly straightforward task, medical experts say.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leader Yasser  Arafat, weakened by what doctors think may be leukemia, flew  for treatment in France on Friday from the besieged West Bank  headquarters where he had been pinned for over 2-1/2 years.
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In the first joint statement, the chief doctor at the French Percy military hospital and the Palestinian envoy to Paris Leila Shahid officially confirmed late Tuesday that President Yaser Arafatâs condition was improving with treatment and ruled out
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is gradually recovering from serious illness after a weekend of treatment and tests at a French military hospital.
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PARIS, Nov 2  - The first official medical report on the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has confirmed that he does not have leukaemia, the Palestinian representative in France Leila Shahid said Tuesday.
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Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat met yesterday for the first time with some of the Palestinian officials who accompanied him to Paris, where he is hospitalized, in what seems to be a clear indication that his health is improving.
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The condition of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has improved markedly as he entered a fourth day of emergency treatment in France, Palestinian officials have said Monday.
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Leila Shahid, the PA envoy to France, said the determination about leukemia was based on tests carried out on Arafat, and she spoke of a possible problem with his &quot;digestive function.
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CLAMART, France: A senior aide to Yasser Arafat said Saturday that the ailing Palestinian leader had undergone further medical tests and that results were expected within days.
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Six Tunisian doctors arrived in the West Bank on Saturday to examine Yasser Arafat, but aides dismissed Israeli media reports that the Palestinian president&#39;s health had deteriorated and said he had flu.
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French doctors attending to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a private nursing home in Clamart, near Paris, have said that he is in good shape, but still not out of danger.
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Leukemia as a cause for the deterioration in Yasser Arafat&#39;s health has been ruled out based on tests performed at French military hospital, one of his aides said Tuesday.
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: Yasser Arafat telephoned his Palestinian colleagues, read telegrams from well-wishing world leaders, ate cereal and sipped tea - signs that his health may be on the upswing following three
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Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, hospitalized in France for a blood disorder, has improved enough for doctors to conduct additional tests, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat underwent a  minor diagnostic procedure on Monday and doctors found no major  ailment after a week of concerns over the Palestinian  president's health, officials said.