Special report: Concern mounts over Yasser Arafat's health

    RAMALLAH, Nov. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian Cabinet's senior official announced On Wednesday that series of meetings were held since Tuesday night and discussed the way to bring the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat incase his death.

    Minister of state in the cabinet Qadoura Fares said that "if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies, the body of the president would be brought to Cairo where the Arab and international leaders and presidents could greet his body for the last time."

    Fares said that after Cairo, Arafat's body will be brought to territories where all arrangements of burial, funeral, mourning and condolences would take place at al Muqata'a, the headquarters of Arafat in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

    He added that meetings for PLO executive committee and central committee of the Fatah movement will be held after about an hour to look into the arrangements of Arafat's burial if it was announced that he died.

    Tayeb Abdel Rahim, chief of presidency at Arafat's office had announced on Tuesday night that Palestinians decided to burry Arafat if Allah's (God) well and fate happens, in other words if Arafat dies "all the arrangements would take place at al Muqata'a."

    "Al Muqata'a is a symbol of the Palestinian stead-fasting and the siege has been imposed (by Israel) on President Arafat," said Abdel Rahim. Enditem