Mystery surrounds what ails Arafat
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CLAMART, France The mystery surrounding Yasser Arafatâs illness broadened Thursday as the Palestinian leader at various times was said to be in a coma, in stable but serious condition, very critically ill, and then dead - until reports of his death
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RAMALLAH, West Bank The Palestinian prime minister has ordered an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death. A statement from Ahmed Qureia&#39;s (AHK&#39;-mehd kuh-RAY&#39;-uhz) office says a commission will
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Yasser Arafat remained in a coma on  Friday as a row brewed over where he would be buried and  questions loomed about who might succeed him.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s weighty medical dossier is inconclusive on the cause of the Palestinian leader&#39;s death but the blame still lies with Israel, his nephew said.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s medical records give no clear cause of death but show that toxicology tests appeared to rule out poisoning, his nephew said Monday.
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As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lay in a Paris hospital Friday, rumors about his condition were nearly as thick as the rich Arab coffee that has fueled many a debate about his life and legacy.
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The fate of Palestinian President Yasser  Arafat was mired in confusion on Tuesday as French doctors  contradicted reports by senior Palestinian officials that the  veteran leader had died at a Paris hospital.
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Palestinian officials have admitted that leukemia specialists have examined frail Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, to find out whether he has the blood cancer.
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A flurry of contradictory information on President Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness was leaked on Thursday as the Palestinian leader at various times was said to be brain dead or in a coma, in a stable but serious condition, and then dead - until reports of his
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Assessments of the impact of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death are as divided as earlier explanations of the Palestinian leader&#39;s motivations, intentions, and actions.
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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.
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After several reports claiming PA chief had passed away, hospital says, âSituation is complex but Arafat is not deadâ. Earlier, a French doctor said Palestinian leader had no chance of waking up from coma he was in.
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Some reports from Paris say Arafat has slipped into a coma. There have been other reports through the day that Arafat&#39;s still unexplained condition has become worse and he is in the ICU.
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Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, will be flown to Paris and hospitalized for the mysterious two-week-old ailment that has seriously weakened
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Yasser Arafat, suffering from a mystery illness, was flown to France on Friday and was rushed to a military hospital where doctors, including specialists in blood disorders, immediately began examining the ...
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Palestinians looked to their leadership  to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat's fate in a French  hospital on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the  icon of their fight for statehood. Arafat, 75, suffered a brain  hemorrhage on Tuesday at the hospital where he was flown from  the West Bank on Oct. 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials  insisted in public that he was alive, though aides said  privately that he was dead.
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There are reports from the Palestinian territories that the health of leader Yasser Arafat is deteriorating. There has been concern in recent weeks about the Palestinian Authority head&#39;s health was worsening