Mideast "roadmap" in a coma: Palestinian minister
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The so-called roadmap for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is currently in a &quot;coma,&quot; visiting Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President-elect Mahmoud  Abbas said on Thursday the Palestinians intended to start  carrying out security commitments under a U.S.-backed "road  map" charting a path to statehood and peace with Israel.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from a brain haemorrhage,  a top aide says in Ramallah.
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Palestinian leaders were going ahead with a visit to France to see critically ill Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a senior Palestinian official told Reuters on Monday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders decided  in the absence of President Yasser Arafat on Sunday to carry  out a plan to restore law and order in the West Bank and Gaza,  a government minister said.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Tuesday poured cold water on any hopes a new Palestinian unity   government might seek peace talks with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants a planned Middle East conference to result in a framework agreement for peace with Israel and set a timeline for implementation, a senior aide said on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders plan to  dispatch a delegation to Paris to seek details on what caused  the death of President Yasser Arafat last week at a French  hospital, officials said on Wednesday.
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The Palestinian Foreign Minister says the 75-year-old Palestinian leader has slipped deeper into a coma and is on life-support, but euthanasia is not being considered.
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Israelis and Palestinians are to discuss core issues in the conflict on Monday, the Palestinian leader says.
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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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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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The leading sponsors of the "road map" peace plan will send top officials to the West Bank next week in a renewed effort to revive the internationally backed peace plan, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said Thursday.
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A senior Palestinian official said here on Monday that the Palestinian leadership wanted to have further coordination and consultations with Syria and Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet on Tuesday he would call newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and plan a meeting for "the near future," officials in the meeting said.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday he would form a Palestinian unity government within three weeks, but its future looked bleak after diplomats said Washington planned to boycott it and keep sanctions in place.