Palestinian leaders check on Arafat health

Senior Palestinian leaders including Ahmed Qureia and Mahmoud Abbas arrived in France tonight in a bid to check on the medical status of Yasser Arafat.

Qureia, the Palestinian prime minister, and Abbas, a former premier and deputy chairman of Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organisation, travelled in a private jet from Amman, Jordan, to Le Bourget airport, north east of Paris.