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Palestinians: Arafat's Death Still Mystery
 RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The official investigation into the death of Yasser Arafat failed to determine what killed the longtime Palestinian leader, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said Wednesday. Qureia said the special committee that led the investigation would publish the results later Wednesday, along with a report by the French doctors who treated Arafat. "French and Palestinian doctors who treated the martyred brother found that medicine could not find the disease which infected Arafat, neither viruses, nor germs, nor AIDS, nor bacteria," Qureia said. He said the file would remain open for further investigation. Arafat died in a French hospital on Nov. 11, 2004, after a two-week illness. His wife, Suha, refused an autopsy. Rumors have swirled that Arafat died of AIDS or was poisoned by Israel. Israel denies the allegation.
The records showed that Arafat died of a massive stroke after suffering intestinal inflammation, jaundice and a blood condition. But the records were inconclusive about the causes of the blood condition, known as disseminated intravascular coagulation, or DIC. The condition has numerous causes ranging from infections to colitis to liver disease.
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