Arafat does have flu, confirm doctors from Tunisia and Egypt
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Yasser Arafat, 75, has flu and is recuperating, said Ahmed Tibi, an Israeli MP who used to be Arafat&#39;s adisor. He said Tunisian doctors visited him yesterday and confirmed the Egyptian doctors&#39; diagnosis of flu - an acute viral infection.
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Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat underwent a &quot;minor surgical procedure&quot; in Ramallah late Monday after complaining of severe stomach pain and vomiting, as he recovered from a 10-day bout of flu-like fever, The Jerusalem Post reports 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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The French government has insisted that Yasser Arafat was not poisoned and Le Monde newspaper quoted doctors as saying he suffered from an unusual blood disease and a liver problem.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat&#39;s doctors have been looking over the results of his blood tests and they&#39;re ruling out cancer.
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CLAMART, France  - Yasser Arafat will undergo a  battery of medical tests on Saturday as French doctors try to  discover whether the ailing Palestinian leader is suffering  from leukemia or some other blood disorder.
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The health of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, deteriorated significantly yesterday prompting doctors in France to conduct further tests.
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The cause of Yasser Arafat's illness has not been disclosed by French doctors, but several Boston-area gastrointestinal specialists said his reported symptoms -- intestinal and stomach inflammation, blood-clotting problems, eating difficulties -- are consistent with a range of intestinal and liver afflictions that are not uncommon in a 75-year-old man.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who doctors say may have leukaemia, was conscious and in &quot;good shape&quot; at a French hospital on Friday after leaving the West Bank for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years.
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A diagnosis of the illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was flown to France for treatment yesterday will not be available for several days.
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PARIS : Suha Arafat has been given copies of the medical files of her late husband Yasser Arafat and then flew to Tunisia, as the late Palestinian president&#39;s nephew was expected in the French capital to pick up the same documents amid some controversy.
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PARIS - Conflicting reports emerged Tuesday about the seriousness of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness, as a fifth day of medical tests began at a French military hospital that specializes in blood disorders.
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In this picture released by the Palestinian authority Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat holds hands with unidentified Tunisian, Jordaninan and Egyptian doctors at his compound In Ramallah in the West BankThursday Oct. 28, 2004.
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JERUSALEM - Tunisian specialists examined Yasser Arafat on Saturday night after the 75-year-old Palestinian leader complained of a stomach disorder and high temperature.
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Two Egyptians have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a day after an Egyptian woman died of the disease, Egypt's health ministry said on Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leader Yasser  Arafat, weakened by what doctors think may be leukemia, flew to  France for treatment on Friday from the besieged West Bank  headquarters where he had been pinned for over 2-1/2 years.
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CLAMART, France - Having ruled out leukemia, French doctors were trying for a second day Sunday to determine what ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from, his aides said.