Arab doctors will meet in Jordan to probe rumours that former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was poisoned, nearly five years after he died of what French medics called a massive brain haemorrhage.

Yasser Arafat’s medical records do not give conclusive results on what led to the former Palestinian leader’s death, it is reported today.

AS Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was fighting for his life in a French hospital last night after slipping into a coma, a senior official said some of his powers had been handed to his prime minister.

SEVEN Palestinians, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed yesterday in an Israeli raid in the Rafah refugee camp.

Yasser Arafat’s advisers denied a report today that he suffered a mild heart attack, but said the 74-year-old Palestinian leader was suffering from a stomach flu and continues to be weak.