PARIS, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been in a coma for several hours and now in critical condition, Arafat's senior aide said Thursday.

    Arafat, symbol of the Palestinian cause for four decades, flied Friday to Paris for treatment from his headquarters in Ramallah inthe West Bank, where he had been confined by Israel for nearly three years. Enditem