Thursday, November 7, 2013

Evidence supports, not proves, Arafat poisoning theory: experts

Director of Lausanne University Hospital's forenics centre Magnin and Director of its Institute of Radiation Physics Bochud speak during a news conference in Lausanne By Stephanie Nebehay LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat showed test results consistent with polonium poisoning, but were not proof that he died that way, two Swiss experts said on Thursday. The two forensic experts were part of an international team that opened Arafat's grave in the West Bank city of Ramallah last November and took samples from his body to see if there was evidence he was poisoned with the radioactive element. Francois Bochud, director of the university's Institute of Radiation Physics, said the evidence was not conclusive. "Can we say with certitude that polonium was the cause of death of President Arafat?








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/evidence-supports-not-proves-arafat-poisoning-theory-experts-162014910.html

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