RAMALLAH, Oct. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be flown to Paris for medical treatment on Friday, one of his medical consultants told reporters at the gate of the Muqata, the headquarters of Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

    Arafat will leave for Paris from Jordan at 6:30 a.m. (0430 GMT),the consultant said.

    Arafat will first be flown to Jordan by a helicopter and then to Paris via Amman. Enditem