France Dismisses Inquiry Into Yasser Arafat's Death

French magistrates have decided to dismiss an inquiry into the 2004 death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose widow claims he was poisoned. The assistant prosecutor in Nanterre, Emmanuelle Lepissier, told The Associated Press that Tuesday's decision was made "because there was not sufficient evidence that Yasser Arafat was assassinated by polonium [poisoning] or the intervention by another person.'' In July, a French prosecutor said there was not enough...

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