Arafat to be exhumed on Tuesday over poisoning claim

[Gerald]

The body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is to be exhumed on Tuesday, Palestinian officials say.

His body is to undergo tests to find out whether his death in Paris in 2004 was caused by poisoning.

Arafat's medical records say he had a stroke resulting from a blood disorder.

But France began a murder inquiry in August after Swiss experts hired by a documentary crew found radioactive polonium-210 on Arafat's personal effects.

His tomb, in Ramallah in the West Bank, was sealed off earlier this month.

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Note: 24 November 2012 Last updated at 12:35 GMT