French doctors say Arafat improving, rule out leukemia
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A French hospital treating Palestinians Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said on Tuesday the leader&#39;s condition was improving with treatment and ruled out leukemia.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A medical team was flying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to France early today for emergency treatment in the clearest sign yet that he is suffering from a severe but still unconfirmed illness that Palestinian officials said yesterday could be life-threatening.
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The health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat continues to improve at his hospital outside Paris from where he is following with close attention the climax of the US presidential elections, Palestinian officials said Tuesday.
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Palestinian officials say Yasser Arafat&#39;s health has improved since Friday, when he arrived in France for treatment for a still-mysterious illness.
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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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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is still alive according to French doctors treating him, though Israeli media is reporting Arafat has died.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat has liver failure and his condition is not  improving at the French military hospital where he is being  treated, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.
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PARIS, Nov 1  - Palestinian officials voiced optimism Monday about Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition, saying the ailing Palestinian Authority president had shown improvement at the start of a crucial week for his political future.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has partially emerged from his coma in a French hospital, opening his eyes and communicating with his doctors, an Israeli newspaper Web site said Saturday citing Palestinian sources.
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Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat met yesterday for the first time with some of the Palestinian officials who accompanied him to Paris, where he is hospitalized, in what seems to be a clear indication that his health is improving.
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Paris, Nov. 1 (NNN): Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is feeling better, his aides say, as he undergoes medical examinations in a French army hospital near Paris.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s state of health remains ``stable,&#39;&#39; the French army doctor in charge of his treatment said, without giving any indication of the gravity of Arafat&#39;s illness.
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Yasser Arafat is in a stable condition in  a French military hospital and not in a coma, a spokesman for  the ailing Palestinian leader said early on Sunday.
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Yasser Arafat underwent tests for viral infection and other ailments on Sunday after initial checks ruled out leukemia and any life-threatening illness, aides to the Palestinian leader said.
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French doctors investigating Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness informed Palestinian leaders in Ramallah yesterday that they had ruled out leukaemia and lymphoma, two of the most common fatal blood diseases.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat  has partially emerged from his coma in a French hospital,  opening his eyes and communicating with his doctors, an Israeli  newspaper Web site said Saturday citing Palestinian sources.
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CLAMART, France: A senior aide to Yasser Arafat said Saturday that the ailing Palestinian leader had undergone further medical tests and that results were expected within days.