Arafat 'in the final phase of his life'

A senior Islamic cleric rushed to Yasser Arafat’s hospital bedside in Paris today to be with him in the “final phase” of his life, a spokeswoman for the Palestinian leader said.

But Palestinian envoy to France Leila Shahid said Taissir Dayut Tamimi was not coming ”to disconnect” Arafat from life support.