Health of Arafat said to deteriorate
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The health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat deteriorated yesterday, and Palestinian doctors were rushed to his Ramallah compound in the
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Doctors said Thursday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has a low platelet count. There are a variety of factors that could account for the condition.
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Palestine&#39;s ailing leader Yasser Arafat was diagnosed with liver failure, according to an unnamed official. He added that the President&#39;s condition was not improving.
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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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Senior Palestinian officials convened meetings in the West Bank today in response to conflicting reports over the declining health of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, who has been in a
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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 sources tell the Associated Press that doctors who specialize in the blood disease are examining Arafat. The 75-year-old Palestinian leader has been sick for the past two weeks.
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Yasser Arafat's condition deteriorated dramatically overnight as his coma deepened, a hospital spokesman said today, and top Palestinian officials met with his medical team.
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French hospital officials say Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition is &quot;stable&quot; and has not changed since yesterday. The spokesman for French military health services says the Palestinian leader&#39;s &quot;health has not worsened&quot; -- though he would not elaborate.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yassir Arafat&#39;s failing health is the number one topic in the Mideast today, and sources say his is getting worse.
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Yasser Arafat slipped deeper into a coma  overnight and his health worsened, a doctor treating him said  on Tuesday before Palestinian officials arrived at a French  military hospital for a visit Arafat's wife adamantly opposed.
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A mysterious ailment has weakened Yasir Arafat and raised concerns that Palestinian politics could be plunged into turmoil.
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PARIS -- Yasser Arafat's coma deepened and his condition deteriorated dramatically yesterday according to the Palestinian leadership, who visited him at a Paris hospital and then returned to the West Bank to declare that his life was now ''in the hand of God.&quot;
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Yasser Arafat, critically ill in a Paris  hospital, has suffered liver failure, a Palestinian official  said on Sunday as Arafat's subordinates decided in his absence  to enforce a law and order plan in Palestinian areas.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who fell ill yesterday, may be moved to a hospital in Ramallah amid signs his condition is deteriorating.
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TOP Palestinian leaders are gathering at Yasser Arafat&#39;s battered headquarters in Ramallah amid reports that the longtime Palestinian leader&#39;s health is rapidly deteriorating.
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Yasser Arafat is hovering âbetween life and deathâ in a coma, Palestinian and French officials say. There was still no official public diagnosis yesterday to explain the Palestinian leaderâs critical condition.