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Qurei for report on Arafat ailment

ABU DIS (WEST BANK), NOV. 16. The Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei, has formally requested that France publish the medical records of Yasser Arafat following his death last week.

Arafat died at the age of 75 on Thursday in a French hospital, where he was taken for treatment after his health deteriorated. Neither Palestinian officials nor Arafat's French medical team has announced the cause of death.

The Palestinians have sent a letter asking the hospital to release all of Arafat's health records, Mr. Qurei told the Associated Press in an interview on Tuesday.

``We sent an official letter, asking for all the details and all the reports,'' Mr. Qurei said from his office outside Jerusalem. ``He is one of the region's main leaders and, therefore, I think we should know what happened.''

The French Foreign Ministry spokesman, Herve Ladsous, said earlier on Monday that France would ``examine fully'' any request from the Palestinian leadership for details on Arafat's death.

Rumours afloat

The intense secrecy surrounding Arafat's final days has aroused frustration and rumours in many parts of the Arab world. Arafat's physician, Ashraf al-Kurdi, has called for an autopsy, citing poisoning as a possible cause for Arafat's death.

— AP

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