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11/20/2004:

"Palestinians want records public"

The widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, has been given his medical records by the Percy military hospital in Paris, where he died.

Her lawyer says Suha Arafat is studying the files before deciding whether to make the details of her husband's illness public.

Palestinian officials asked for the files amid rumours over how he died.

Earlier, Arafat's nephew, a UN observer , Nasser al-Kidwa, went to pick up the report, but Mrs Arafat was given the document, as next of kin.

Palestinian officials want to release the files to end speculation over the cause of President Arafat's death - including one rumour that he was poisoned by Israeli agents.

Full Article : tvnz.co.nz