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Exhumation of Yasser Arafat

The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been exhumed by a team of international experts, trying to discover if he was poisoned.

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French magistrates opened a murder inquiry in August into his death in Paris after high levels of radioactive polonium were found on his clothing.

Many Palestinians suspect Israel of murdering him – Israel has denied any wrongdoing.

Arafat died aged 75 in 2004 after a short, mysterious illness.

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