Prosecutors in France have agreed to open an inquiry that will look into the 2004 murder of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Medical records state that Arafat died in a military hospital near Paris of a stroke resulting from a blood disorder, but family members have called for an investigation on claims that Arafat was died of polonium poisoning. The findings were revealed by Swiss-scientists hired by a documentary crew found traces of the radio active element polonium-210 on some of Arafat’s belongings including his trademark keffiyeh.

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