https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Yasser Arafat's widow said on Tuesday that she was "shattered" by contradictory findings by French and Swiss experts over the cause of the former Palestinian leader's death. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131204/arafats-widow-shattered-over-french-findings Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:56:00 +0100 arafats-widow-shattered-over-french-findings Palestinian officials demanded a global probe into the "killing" of Yasser Arafat on Thursday as Swiss experts said test results showed "moderate" backing for the theory he had been poisoned. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131107/palestinians-seek-probe-into-arafats-killing Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:23:00 +0100 palestinians-seek-probe-into-arafats-killing Swiss scientists have concluded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is likely to have died from polonium poisoning, according to a text of their findings published by Al-Jazeera television on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131106/arafat-likely-died-of-polonium-poisoning-report Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:38:00 +0100 arafat-likely-died-of-polonium-poisoning-report Palestinian authorities have received the reports of Swiss and Russian forensic investigations into the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat, an official said on Tuesday, without disclosing the findings. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131105/palestinians-get-swiss-results-on-arafat-remains Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:26:00 +0100 palestinians-get-swiss-results-on-arafat-remains Radiation experts in Lausanne have confirmed they found traces of polonium on clothing used by Yasser Arafat which "support the possibility" the veteran Palestinian leader was poisoned. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131014/swiss-experts-confirm-polonium-on-arafats-clothes Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:08:00 +0200 swiss-experts-confirm-polonium-on-arafats-clothes Around 60 samples were taken from the remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for a probe into whether he was poisoned by polonium, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a lead investigator. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121202/analysis-of-arafats-remains-three-months-away Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:30:00 +0100 analysis-of-arafats-remains-three-months-away Eight years after the death of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, his remains were exhumed on Tuesday, with Swiss experts among those set to test them for signs that the late president was poisoned. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121127/arafats-remains-dug-up-for-poison-tests Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:33:00 +0100 arafats-remains-dug-up-for-poison-tests Swiss scientists who found abnormal levels of polonium on Yasser Arafat's personal effects plan to visit the West Bank city of Ramallah this month for the exhumation of the late Palestinian leader's remains. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121118/swiss-to-dig-up-arafat-in-west-bank Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:39:00 +0100 swiss-to-dig-up-arafat-in-west-bank A Swiss laboratory team has arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah to prepare for the exhumation of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, Palestinian sources said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121105/swiss-team-gets-ready-to-exhume-arafat Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:46:05 +0100 swiss-team-gets-ready-to-exhume-arafat A Swiss radiology lab said Friday it has received the go-ahead from the widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to test his remains for poisoning by polonium, a highly radioactive element. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120824/lab-to-analyze-arafat-remains-for-poisoning Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:01:00 +0200 lab-to-analyze-arafat-remains-for-poisoning