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Arafat Remains Exhumed to Search for Clues on Mysterious Death

Posted November 27th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
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Palestinian officials say international experts have reburied the remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after exhuming his body in order to search for additional clues to his death. Officials said the experts exhumed Arafat’s remains early Tuesday from the massive mausoleum in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Samples from the remains were […]

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Arafat Remains Exhumed to Search for Clues on Mysterious Death

Posted November 27th, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
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A team of international experts has exhumed the remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from his grave so they can search for additional clues to his death. Palestinian officials say the remains were taken Tuesday from the massive mausoleum in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Samples from the remains will be handed […]

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Arafat’s Remains to be Exhumed Tuesday

Posted November 24th, 2012 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
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Palestinian officials say the remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday so that scientists may take samples as part of an investigation into his death. Authorities say a reburial ceremony will be held later the same day. French prosecutors opened a probe into the death of Mr. Arafat earlier this year, […]

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French Prosecutors Open Probe Into Arafat’s Death

Posted August 28th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
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French prosecutors have opened a probe into the suspicious death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat eight years ago. Judicial sources say the probe was launched following a complaint last month from Mr. Arafat’s widow, Suha Arafat, that he may have died from polonium poisoning. The complaint was filed after a Swiss physics institute said it […]

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Poisonous Radioactive Element Found in Yasser Arafat’s Effects

Posted July 4th, 2012 at 12:00 am (UTC-5)
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Traces of the radioactive poisonous element polonium have been found in the belongings of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, according to the Swiss-based Institute of Radiophysics . An Institute spokesman told Reuters news agency “surprisingly” high levels of polonium-210 were found in Arafat’s belongings. But he stressed clinical symptoms described in Arafat’s medical reports were […]

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