Russian agency finds 'no sign' aof Arafat poisoning

The chief of Russia’s medical and biological agency has said its probe into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has found no indication of radioactive poisoning.

Russia’s state news agencies quote Vladimir Uiba, the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, saying that its research has found that Arafat’s death nine years ago was “natural and not caused by radiation”.