Arafat's widow comments after scientists rule out poisoning by radioactive polonium in Arafat's death

   
The widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says extensive investigation by French scientists has ruled out poisoning by radioactive polonium.      

Scientists from several countries have tried to determine what killed Arafat and whether polonium played a role.        

He died in a French military hospital in 2004.         

Palestinians have long suspected Israel of poisoning him, which Israel denies.         

His widow, Suha Arafat, told reporters in Paris on Tuesday that the French scientists' report excludes the possibility of polonium poisoning.          

That's in contrast to a recent Swiss laboratory report that said Arafat was probably poisoned by polonium - a rare and extremely lethal substance.         

Suha Arafat said she was "shaken by these contradictions by the best European experts on the matter".           

The French report is part of an ongoing French legal investigation into whether Arafat was murdered.       

"I really and obviously trust the French justice system and science as long as all experts can reach common ground," Suha Arafat said.
       
"My lawyer will ask that the Swiss report be included into the French case in order to get a cross-analysis of the two reports," she added.               

AP