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Palestinians demand global inquiry into Arafat poison suspicions

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Palestinian officials have called for a global inquiry into the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after Swiss forensic tests found he may have been poisoned. During a press conference in Lausanne on Thursday, doctors from the Swiss University Center of Legal Medicine presented a 108-page report on an extensive analysis of some of Arafat's personal belonings. Palestinian observer Omar Shaban comments on the impact of the report in Palestine

Arafat was poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha said on 6 November
Arafat was poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha said on 6 November Reuters/Oleg Popov/Files
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