12 November 2004 Friday 28 Ramazan 1425 Mystery remains over cause of Arafat's death PARIS, Nov 11: The mystery remained over the cause of Yasser Arafat's death on Thursday after French military doctors who treated the Palestinian leader said it was private information meant for his family only. ... What the world said about Arafat PARIS, Nov 11: A selection of tributes, laudatory and derisory, paid by world leaders to Yasser Arafat: "He was an icon in the proper sense of the word. He was not only concerned with the liberation of the Arab people ... The leader who offered nationhood to refugees PARIS: Nelson Mandela spoke for much of the world when he praised Yasser Arafat in the preface of a biography as a leader who "transformed the Palestinians' status from that of refugees to that of a nation in the most complete sense of the term." ... Probable successors RAMALLAH: Following are brief profiles of Palestinian leaders who could become candidates to replace President Yasser Arafat or take on important roles in the succession. ... Suha - controversial but loyal to Arafat RAMALLAH: Suha Arafat, the once estranged but loyal wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who has incited anger for her extravagant lifestyle abroad, rarely left her husband's side in his last days. ... Muddle, mayhem await Palestinians AL QUDS: Even without the state he hungered for, Yasser Arafat managed to build as tangled a web of power and patronage as any of the region's autocrats. ... Symbol and hope GAZA: Yasser Arafat, born Mohammed Yasser al-Qedwa al-Husseini, the Palestinian President and symbol of their struggle for nationhood, was born on the 4th of August 1929, although sources differ as to whether it was in Jerusalem or Cairo. ... Arafat's death starts perilous transition TEL AVIV: The death of Yasser Arafat could help break the logjam in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking efforts and perhaps usher in a political realignment as well, Middle East analysts and officials say. ... Leaders who will attend Arafat's funeral: list CAIRO, Nov 11: Egypt will host a military funeral for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Friday before he is buried in the West Bank. The following is a list of world leaders and dignitaries who are expected to attend the funeral: ... Bulldozers at work in Ramallah RAMALLAH, Nov 11: Preparations were under way at Yasser Arafat's battered West Bank headquarters late on Thursday for the Palestinian leader's burial in soil brought specially from his beloved Jerusalem. ... Burial on soil from Jerusalem RAMALLAH, Nov 11: Yasser Arafat will be buried in his Ramallah headquarters in the West Bank but on soil from Jerusalem, Local Affairs Minister Jamal Shubaki said on Thursday. ... Arafat didn't support Kashmiris: Geelani NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat did not support the Kashmiri cause because he was a victim of secularist ideas, Kashmir's hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani said on Thursday. ... Vajpayee, Altaf call for flexibility NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and MQM leader Altaf Hussain have called upon the governments of India and Pakistan to show flexibility in talks. ... Clashes break out in Iraqi oil city BAIJI, Nov 11: Militants took to the streets of the oil centre of Baiji, in northern Iraq, on Thursday and clashes broke out with Iraqi security forces, witnesses said. The militants stopped cars in several streets, they said. ... South Korea made near bomb-grade uranium: IAEA report VIENNA, Nov 11: The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed in a confidential report on Thursday that South Korea enriched a tiny amount of uranium in 2000 to a level close to what would be useable in an atomic weapon. ... Bush yet to return Spanish PM's call WASHINGTON, Nov 11: World leaders have been flooding US President George Bush with congratulatory calls since his re-election victory, but at least one - Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero - appears to be having trouble getting through. ... US motorists can now fill up with hydrogen WASHINGTON, Nov 11: Motorists in Washington will be able to say "fill it with hydrogen" at a service station opening Wednesday, although analysts say large-scale use of fuel cell vehicles will take years. ... Hundreds of foreigners flee Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, Nov 11: France evacuated hundreds more citizens fleeing violence in Ivory Coast on Thursday as opposition leaders from its former colony gathered in South Africa for talks aimed at rebuilding peace. ...

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