Arafat Has Liver Failure, Officials Say
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Yasser Arafat lay critically ill with  liver failure on Sunday and his condition was getting no  better, a Palestinian official said, as Palestinian leaders  adopted in his absence a plan to restore order in their areas.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - A Palestinian hospital official said Yasser Arafat has a large gallstone, countering speculation that the 75-year-old Palestinian leader is more seriously ill.
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The condition of Yasser Arafat, in a French hospital for treatment of an unidentified ailment, has deteriorated significantly over the past day, Palestinian officials said early Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Seriously ill Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday prepared to fly to France for  treatment for a blood disorder as fears grew for the icon of  the Palestinian struggle for statehood.
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Doctors who treated Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat believe he died of a blood condition called disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and have ruled out poisoning, Le Monde newspaper reported.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat is "very, very sick," a Palestinian cabinet  minister told Reuters on Wednesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat's health worsened on Wednesday and an ambulance  rushed to his West Bank headquarters, medical sources and  witnesses said.
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Yasser Arafat lay critically ill with liver failure on Sunday and his condition was getting no better, a Palestinian official said, as Palestinian leaders adopted in his absence a plan to restore order in their areas.
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LONDON -- Nearly a week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhosis of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder, or poisoning are frequently mentioned in unconfirmed reports -- as little is publicly known about the medical condition that landed the Palestinian leader in a French hospital.
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Yasser Arafat has been ill for two weeks with what was initially described as a bad flu. He took a turn for the worse Wednesday, collapsing and briefly losing consciousness.
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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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PARIS: The French government insisted on Wednesday 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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Yasir Arafat had been ill over the past two weeks, suffering from what Palestinian officials said was a lengthy bout of the flu.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s health reportedly deteriorated Wednesday night, the BBC reported. Arafat has been under treatment at a Paris military hospital for an undisclosed
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat donates blood at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001 file photo. Yasser Arafat&#39;s health worsened Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004 and a team of doctors went
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A blood test and an endoscopy on Yasser Arafat have dispelled suspicions he has cancer in his digestive tract, one of the Palestinian leader&#39;s doctors said Wednesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat is suspected to be suffering from Leukemia, a  cancer of the blood that can be fatal, a senior Palestinian  official said on Thursday.