Nasser al-Qedwa, Palestinian delegate to the United Nations and a nephew of late leader Yasser

Arafat,left here for France on Friday to receive Arafat's death report, the Arabic-language Radio Sawa reported.

A top Palestinian official was quoted as saying Qedwa would give the medical file to the Palestinian leadership who would in turn pass it on to competent doctors for thorough examination.

The details of the file will remain secret, but the main diagnosis results will be publicized, said the official. On Wednesday, the Palestinian leadership set up a special committee to investigate into the cause of Arafat's death.

The committee, headed by Health Minister Jawad al-Tibi, would meet with Tunisian, Egyptian and Jordanian physicians who had examined Arafat before he was flown to the Percy Military Hospital outside Paris on Oct. 29.

Under French law, only the family has access to Arafat's medical file and can decide whether to make it public.

Arafat passed away on Nov. 11 in a French hospital at the age of 75. Paris was under mounting pressure to reveal the cause of Arafat's death amid rumors that he might have been poisoned.

Source: Xinhua