Was Yasser Arafat poisoned with Polonium?

The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been assassinated with a lethal dose of the radioactive substance polonium, scientists have claimed.

Was Arafat assassinated by poisoning?

Arafat died in 2004 from a mystery illness, amid theories that he was killed at the hands of Israeli spy agency Mossad.

But a new investigation has concluded that a urine stain on Arafat's underwear had traces of Polonium-210 20 times the dose needed to kill a human, the highly radioactive substance which killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko six years ago. 

The 75-year-old's widow, Suha Arafat, has called for her late husband's body to be exhumed after the Al Jazeera investigation found the traces on clothes he wore in his final days.

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Jobs Heirs may Sell Apple and Disney to avoid millions in Capital Gains Tax

Full Story: Bloomberg Businesswek 22 Nov

Steve Jobs’s widow may never find a better moment to sell her late husband’s $6.78 billion of Apple Inc. and Walt Disney Co. stock. Under U.S. law, Jobs’s heirs may sell Apple and Disney and avoid $867 million in capital gains taxes, reports Huffington Post.

“I can’t see any reason not to sell all of it,” said Kacy Gott, chief planning officer at the wealth-management firm Aspiriant, whose clients have assets of as much as $100 million. “They should have been looking to diversify years ago.”

Read full story of a decision which may become the biggest headlines the world over

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