Arafat&#39;s health raises questions about Mideast
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As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat clung to life Thursday, many in the West began to hope -- not for his death, but for the possibility that peace might follow it.
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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.
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Leaders around the world express concern for the health of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Paris, Nov. 4 (NNN): Palestinian officials have said that ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s health has deteriorated further.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who doctors say may have leukaemia, was conscious and in &quot;good shape&quot; at a French hospital on Friday after leaving the West Bank for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years.
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The health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains &quot;critical&quot; but not &quot;irreversible&quot;, his senior aide said Saturday.
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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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TEL AVIV, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Authority leader, is badly ill in a French hospital. Debates where to bury him are already raging in the Israeli political community, meanwhile.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s health has suffered a setback at a French military hospital where he is being treated but his life is not in any immediate danger, Palestinian officials said.
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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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A Tunisian medical team examined Yasser Arafat in the West Bank on Saturday, but aides dismissed Israeli media reports that the Palestinian president's health had deteriorated and said he had flu.
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CLAMART, France - Tests on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat showed problems with his digestion, but he has recovered sufficiently to undergo examinations that could not have been done when he was first rushed to France, an aide said yesterday.
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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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PARIS - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrived Friday at a military hospital south of Paris to undergo treatment for a mysterious illness that has weakened him severely and added an unpredictable dynamic to Middle East politics.
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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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It&#39;s been almost a week since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died. With constant conflict in the Middle East , some wonder if Arafat&#39;s death will bring about peace in his former home.
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PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from a blood disorder and more tests are needed to determine the cause, one of the doctors treating him said today.