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10/29/2004:

"'Frail' Arafat in Paris hospital"

Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is undergoing urgent medical treatment in France for a mystery illness.

Mr Arafat, 75, travelled from his Ramallah compound to an air base near Paris, from where he was flown by helicopter to a military hospital.

A Palestinian spokeswoman said he had gastric flu, but there was more to his illness and diagnosis would take days.

Full Article : news.bbc.co.uk