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# Yasser Arafat

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# Death
Arafat's death was natural and not caused by radiation says Russian expert
While a Swiss lab report said that Arafat was probably poisoned by polonium, this is the second study to rule it out.
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Dec 26th 2013, 11:06 AM
# Mystery
French experts rule out Arafat poisoning
His widow Souha said she was “shattered” by the contradictory findings by French and Swiss scientists.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 6:51 PM
# Mystery
Palestinians say there's only one suspect in Arafat death
Swiss scientists have found “moderate” evidence to support the notion that Yasser Arafat was poisoned with polonium – and the Palestinians want to get to the bottom of what happened.
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Nov 8th 2013, 10:13 AM
# poisoned
Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned by radioactive polonium
Tests revealed at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium in his remains according to new station Al-Jazeera.
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Nov 6th 2013, 5:04 PM
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Nov 27th 2012, 8:40 AM
# Mystery
Experts exhume remains of Yasser Arafat
The search for forensic clues into the death of the Palestinian leader continues.
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Nov 27th 2012, 7:54 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 The nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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Nov 26th 2012, 8:45 AM
# Mystery
Arafat exhumation hopes to quell poison quandary
“If there was a crime, it must be solved” – Suha Arafat
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Nov 26th 2012, 7:49 AM
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Remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ready to be exhumed
The exhumation is part of a renewed investigation into his death.
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Nov 24th 2012, 1:31 PM
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Work on opening Yasser Arafat grave said to have begun
France opened a murder inquiry on Arafat’s death in August on foot of claims that the Palestinian leader died of polonium poisoning.
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Nov 13th 2012, 3:00 PM
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Body of Yasser Arafat to be exhumed next month
The push to re-examine circumstances surrounding Arafat’s death came after a Swiss lab recently discovered traces of a deadly radioactive isotope on clothes said to be his.
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Oct 31st 2012, 8:18 AM
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France opens murder investigation into Yasser Arafat’s death
Inquiry comes on foot of claims that the Palestinian leader died of polonium poisoning.
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Aug 28th 2012, 8:10 PM
# suspicions
Swiss lab to analyse Arafat remains for radioactive poisoning
A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera found elevated levels of polonium on some of Arafat’s belongings. Was he poisoned?
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Aug 24th 2012, 11:16 AM
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Was Yasser Arafat poisoned by polonium?
Al Jazeera reports that tests have found abnormal levels of polonium in the late Palestinian leader’s clothing.
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Jul 4th 2012, 9:59 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Jul 4th 2012, 8:34 AM
# Pen Friend
Another surprising fact about Muammar Gaddafi: he had a pen-pal
The former Libyan leader corresponded with a Jewish florist in New York for decades.
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Nov 2nd 2011, 4:19 PM