Arafat&#39;s doctors rule out leukemia
31051
Relaying doctors&#39; first official statement regarding ailing Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s health, a PA spokeswoman said Tuesday that hospital medical staff had ruled out leukemia as a cause for his deterioration in health, and said his
238748
Yasser Arafat&#39;s medics flatly denied on Tuesday that the 75-year-old Palestinian leader needed hospital treatment after Israel gave clearance for him to be treated outside his West Bank headquarters.
641276
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.
622923
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.
290431
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.
443558
PARIS -- Leukemia specialists examined ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a French military hospital to determine whether he suffers from the blood cancer, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
132805
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A Tunisian medical team examined Yasser Arafat in the West Bank yesterday, but aides dismissed Israeli media reports that the Palestinian leader's health had deteriorated and said he had the flu.
565907
PARIGI - Non sarebbe leucemia la grave malattia ematica che ha colpito il presidente dell&#39;Autorita&#39; Nazionale Palestinese. I medici francesi che lo hanno attualmente in cura escludono per ora che Arafat sia malato di leucemia.
710071
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.
21974
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.
309483
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can walk, eat and talk with others, his entourage affirmed Tuesday in Paris, while the first medical report ruled out his possible leukemia.
764228
Tests on Yasser Arafat&#39;s body showed no traces of any known poisons, according to medical files released on Monday. &quot;There is no clear diagnosis,&quot; said Nasser al-Kidwa, the late leader&#39;s nephew, who collected
93911
Palestine&#39;s legendary leader, Yasser Arafat, was taken to France for treatment yesterday. Arafat, who was reported to have leukemia, arrived yesterday at Percy Military Hospital near Paris via Jordan on a plane belonging to France.
538800
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
591942
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.
754028
Yasser Arafat was undergoing tests for possible leukaemia at a military hospital outside Paris last night after being airlifted from his Ramallah headquarters to an anxious farewell from Palestinian well-wishers.
209590
French doctors won&#39;t know what&#39;s ailing Yasser Arafat before Monday, a hospital spokesman said Friday, hours after the Palestinian leader arrived here for treatment of a blood disorder that&#39;s left him weak and unable to eat.