Left to right: Acting Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas, Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, and Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei.They had canceled the trip after Arafat's wife Suha Arafat said that they "want to bury Arafat alive" to inherit his power. But they later decided to go ahead with the trip.  (Xinhua photo)

    CLAMART, France, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- The four-man delegation of Palestinian leaders arrived Tuesday at the Percy military hospital here, near Paris, where Yasser Arafat is reportedly in a deep coma.

    The four Palestinian leaders are Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, acting Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas and Parliamentary Speaker Rawhi Fattuh.

    Earlier, a hospital spokesman said Arafat's condition has worsen overnight.

    "The state of health of President Yasser Arafat deteriorated inthe night of November 8 to 9, 2004. The state of coma which led tohis admission to the intensive care unit became deeper this morning," Gen. Christian Estripeau, the chief doctor treating Arafat, read a statement outside the hospital where dozens of reporters were waiting for reports of Arafat's condition.

    The four high-level Palestinian leaders arrived in Paris on Monday evening. But they had canceled the visit after Arafat's wife Suha said that they wanted to "bury Arafat alive" to inherit his power. Enditem