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There’s no surer signal

November 4, 2004 by Michael Boyle

There’s no surer signal

that a leader is dead than the denials. Well today we have a whopper: Doctors Deny Reports of Arafat’s Death.

Update: Arafat actually held on for a lot longer than expected, but now (Nov 11) he has finally slipped out of his coma. Any prognostications on the what this means for the future of the region would be wild speculation at this point.

Tags: International Affairs

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