File photo of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat

File photo of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat flashing the victory sign from his car after he prayed at a mosque in the West Bank City of Ramallah on February 22, 2002. Arafat was declared clinically dead on Thursday in a French hospital, Israeli television said citing French sources. Israel`s Channel Two television cited unnamed sources in Paris saying that Arafat underwent a brain scan and was found to be `no longer alive.` Palestinian sources earlier told Reuters that the Palestinian president, who was admitted to hospital last week with a mysterious stomach illness, had slipped into a coma. REUTERS/ Osama Silwadi/FILE

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