Arafat funeral soon
2004-11-11 07:53
Ramallah - The funeral of Yasser Arafat will take place in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday before he is buried on the same day at his West Bank headquarters, the head of his office said on Thursday.
"His body will be brought to Cairo today (Thursday). The funeral will be held in Cairo and the burial will then be held in Ramallah on Friday," Tayeb Abdelrahim told AFP.
Arafat died in the early hours of Thursday at a military hospital on the outskirts of Paris where he had been in a coma since the middle of last week.
- AFP