Special report: Concern mounts over Yasser Arafat's health

Group Photos: Lifelong warrior -- Yasser Arafat

Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat (R) cries during a press conference with Tayeb Abdelrahim, the head of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 9, 2004. Abdelrahim announced that Arafat is now under cerebral hemorrhage, and he also said that Arafat would be buried at his West Bank headquarters in the event of his death. (Xinhua Photo/Gao Xueyu) Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat (R) cries during a press conference with Tayeb Abdelrahim, the head of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 9, 2004.  (Xinhua Photo/Gao Xueyu) Over a thousand Palestinians and journalists wait outside the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 9, 2004. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath told a press conference Tuesday that Arafat is still alive and his brain, heart and lungs still function, but he is "very ill" and the condition has deteriorated. (Xinhua Photo/Gao Xueyu) Palestinian students sit outside the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 9, 2004.  (Xinhua Photo/Gao Xueyu)

    RAMALLAH, Nov. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah when he dies, Palestinian officials said Wednesday.

    The Muqata compound, where Arafat had been confined to in the past two and a half years, is just a few kilometers from Jerusalem. The Palestinians had hoped to bury their veteran leader in Jerusalem, which was strongly opposed by Israel.

    Arafat's condition deteriorated Tuesday and his coma deepened.     

    But after checking Arafat's health state first hand Tuesday at the Percy military hospital near Paris, Palestinian leaders said he was still alive despite being in a coma for several days. Enditem