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Photo journal: Arafat's farewell
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On Wednesday, diggers started clearing ground in Arafat's Muqataa compound.

A day earlier, rumours of Arafat's death – triggered by unconfirmed TV reports – had swept through Ramallah, but were quickly quashed by his closest colleagues who were in Paris.

They admitted his coma had deepened and spoke for the first time about a possible funeral - at the Muqata where he was held under virtual house arrest by Israel since 2001.

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