Arafat in critical condition: aides
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been in a coma for several hours and now in critical condition, Arafat&#39;s senior aides said on Thursday.
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Senior deputies to the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, who is critically ill in France, are due to fly to Paris today to get first-hand information on his condition.
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The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, was in a serious condition last night after a sharp deterioration in his health, Palestinian officials said.
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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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A senior aide to Yasser Arafat said early Sunday the ailing Palestinian leader was not comatose but still in intensive care, adding to the confusion about his fragile health.
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Frail Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was admitted to a French military hospital near Paris for urgent treatment for what is said to be a potentially fatal blood disorder.
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PARIS: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in a coma in critical condition, a senior Palestinian official says. Arafat has been in intensive care in a French military hospital outside Paris since Wednesday afternoon.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been rushed into the intensive care unit of a Paris hospital. Mr Arafat&#39;s health has deteriorated but aides said the implications were not serious.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank : Doctors were rushed to the bedside of ailing Yasser Arafat at his West Bank headquarters as a top official said the 75-year-old Palestinian leader was in a critical condition.
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PARIS, Nov 4  - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in a coma and in an &quot;extremely bad state&quot;, French medical sources told AFP on Thursday.
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Yasser Arafat remained in a critical condition as uncertainty mounted over who might succeed him and where he might be buried should he die.
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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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Yasser Arafat's latest health crisis &#151; a severe flu, gallstones, a battery of cancer tests &#151; has exposed how unprepared the Palestinians are for their leader's death, making a chaotic transition period all but inevitable.
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HEALTH STATUS: Yasser Arafat is in a coma and his condition worsened overnight. Hospital spokesman Gen. Christian Estripeau did not issue a prognosis but suggested the chances of a recovery were poor.
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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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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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Yasser Arafat lay in a deep coma last night, apparently nearing the end of his fight for life in a French military hospital, but a senior aide ruled out suggestions that his life-support machine might be switched off.