Ailing Arafat arrives in Paris hospital
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, suffering from a serious but mystery illness, arrived in France today for urgent treatment – ending nearly three years of Israeli-imposed confinement at his battered West Bank compound.
Shortly after he landed at a military airfield outside Paris, the 75-year-old was transferred to a helicopter and flown to the Hopital d’Instruction des Armees de Percy, south-west of the capital.
