RAMALLAH, West Bank—Three of Yasser Arafat’s top lieutenants have shelved plans to visit the ailing Palestinian leader in a Paris hospital Monday, the head of Arafat’s office, Tayib Abdelrahim, said.

The decision by Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei, acting Palestine Liberation Organization Chair Mahmud Abbas and Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath came after Arafat’s wife accused the trio of wanting to bury her husband alive.

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