Special report: Concern mounts over Yasser Arafat's health

   RAMALLAH, Nov. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) agreed at a meeting on Wednesday to hold leader Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo in case of his death, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV reported.

   The decision on the funeral arrangements was made by top PNA officials who were meeting at Arafat's battered headquarters in Ramallah, The compound, where Arafat had been confined by Israel for nearly three years, is to be his final resting place.

   Meanwhile, Egyptian presidential spokesman Maged Abdul Fattah said Wednesday that Egypt has agreed to host a funeral service for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in case he dies.

   An Egyptian security official said the funeral would be held at the Cairo airport when the body arrived from Paris, adding prayers and military ceremonies would take place before the body was taken to Ramallah, via Jordan, for burial.

   It was said the final decision on any further arrangements will be made by the Palestinian leadership.

   Egypt, which hosts the Arab League headquarters, has been a key mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict after it signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, the first Arab state to take such a step.  Enditem