PLO calls for UN probe into Arafat's death
A senior Palestinian official has called for a UN investigation into the death of Yasser Arafat, reiterating allegations that the Palestinian leader was poisoned by Israel.
Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's mainstream Fatah faction, said Arafat was poisoned by Israel "because he was a stumbling block to (Israeli) plans." Other Palestinians have made the same charge in the past and Israel has repeatedly denied it.
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