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UPDATED 11/03: Breaking news
His days look numbered.
UPDATED 11/03: Breaking news
PARIS - The condition of Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), in a French hospital for treatment of an unidentified ailment, has deteriorated significantly over the past day, Palestinian officials said early Thursday.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Arafat had taken a turn for the worse, adding that doctors still don't know the cause.
Mohammed Dahlan, a former Palestinian security chief in Paris with a group of Arafat aides, denied that Arafat's condition has worsened. "The president's condition is stable," he told reporters.
A Palestinian official in the Middle East confirmed an Israeli TV report that Arafat was in very serious condition.
His days look numbered.
