Arafat Stable Amid Puzzle Over Burial and Successor
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Yasser Arafat remained in a critical condition as uncertainty mounted over who might succeed him and where he might be buried should he die.
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The fate of Palestinian President Yasser  Arafat was mired in confusion on Tuesday as French medical  sources contradicted reports by senior Palestinian officials  that he had died at a Paris hospital.
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PARIS, Oct 31  - Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition is curable and stable, officials said Sunday as French doctors tried to determine whether he is fit to stay on as Palestinian Authority president.
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French hospital officials say Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition is &quot;stable&quot; and has not changed since yesterday. The spokesman for French military health services says the Palestinian leader&#39;s &quot;health has not worsened&quot; -- though he would not elaborate.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's successors  promised swift elections to replace him Saturday as  Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the  ex-guerrilla who symbolized hopes of a state.
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Yasser Arafat is in stable condition in a  French military hospital and not in a coma, a senior aide to  the ailing Palestinian leader said early on Sunday.
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(RAMALLAH, West Bank) - Palestinian officials said they won&#39;t change succession laws in the event that Yasser Arafat dies. They said the Palestinian parliament speaker will become temporary president of the Palestinian Authority when Arafat dies.
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Yasser Arafat dominated the politics of the Middle East for four decades, and his death comes at a moment when the way ahead for this most intractable of conflicts has rarely looked so uncertain.
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While Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lingers in a coma, the world contemplates what his death will mean to the Middle East&#39;s future.
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Yasser Arafat was hovering "between life and death" in a coma Friday, no worse but also no better than he was a day earlier, according to Palestinian and French officials. In the event he dies, the Palestinian leader has asked to be buried in Jerusalem, but Israeli officials are determined to keep him out.
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A Palestinian pollster says Yasser Arafat&#39;s death will not leave a political vacuum because others effectively replaced him years ago.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's successors  promised a swift election to replace him on Saturday as  Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the  former guerrilla who symbolized their hopes of a state.
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A hospital spokesman near Paris reports that Yasser Arafat remains in stable condition in the hospital's intensive care unit.
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Yasser Arafat did not achieve his dream  of being buried in Jerusalem but his death certificate states  he was born in the holy city, fueling a long-running  controversy over his birthplace.
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Palestinian officials said Yasser Arafat remained in stable but critical condition in a coma on Friday and denied reports he's on life support.
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YASSER Arafat&#39;s health &quot;has not deteriorated&quot; and was considered stable, a French official outside the Paris hospital treating the 75-year-old Palestinian leader said today.