Arafat Dead?

According to reports, Arafat has died in hospital.

However, his doctors are denying the claim.

"He is still alive. He is not clinically dead. There is no brain death, but
his condition is deteriorating. Because there has been no diagnosis, we don't
know what's wrong with him."

I don't care either way. Here in the UK Arafat isn't seen as quite the spawn of Satan he is in the US (don't get me wrong - we're not exactly his biggest fans). I'm sure there are a lot of people in Israel and the US crossing their fingers, though.