Arafat's body to be flown to Cairo by French military Airbus

The body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be airlifted to Cairo late on Thursday.

The body of Arafat, who died Thursday at 3:30 am (0230 GMT) at Percy military hospital in the southwestern Paris suburb of Clamart, will be flown to Cairo on board a French military Airbus from the Villacoublay military base, southwest of Paris.

Source: Xinhua