Sources: Doctors suspect Arafat has leukemia
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Palestinian sources tell the Associated Press that doctors who specialize in the blood disease are examining Arafat. The 75-year-old Palestinian leader has been sick for the past two weeks.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat&#39;s doctors have been looking over the results of his blood tests and they&#39;re ruling out cancer.
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The ailing Yasser Arafat was feeling better and &quot;more lively&quot; Sunday, his top aides said, as doctors in France tried to determine if the Palestinian leader has a viral infection or some form of cancer after ruling out leukemia as the cause of his health
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Paris - Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Paris for urgent treatment of a mysterious illness, does not have leukemia, a Palestinian diplomat said on Saturday.
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Vagueness still overwhelms the fate of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat who has been in coma, according to the French medical sources which treat him at Percy military hospital in Paris.
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Middle East News, Ramallah: A team of doctors are trying to assess whether ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat should be taken from his HQ in Ramallah to hospital.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat, badly  weakened by what doctors believe may be leukemia, was to fly to  Paris for treatment on Friday, leaving his besieged West Bank  headquarters for the first time in more than two years.
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In this picture released by the Palestinian authority Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat holds hands with unidentified Tunisian, Jordaninan and Egyptian doctors at his compound In Ramallah in the West BankThursday Oct. 28, 2004.
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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.
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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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A Palestinian envoy said doctors have ruled out leukemia for the time being. In a brief statement to reporters, the diplomat also said Arafat&#39;s condition has improved since Friday.
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French doctors won&#39;t know what&#39;s ailing Yasser Arafat before Monday, a hospital spokesman said Friday, hours after the Palestinian leader arrived here for treatment of a blood disorder that&#39;s left him weak and unable to eat.
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Leila Shahid, the PA envoy to France, said the determination about leukemia was based on tests carried out on Arafat, and she spoke of a possible problem with his &quot;digestive function.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A Tunisian medical team examined Yasser Arafat in the West Bank yesterday, but aides dismissed Israeli media reports that the Palestinian leader's health had deteriorated and said he had the flu.
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An Israeli Arab politician said Sunday that a second group of foreign doctors has determined Palestinian president Yasser Arafat is suffering from the flu.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Foreign doctors rushed to  Yasser Arafat's side on Thursday to tend to the seriously ill  Palestinian leader, who for decades has symbolized his people's  struggle for statehood.