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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, the trailblazing warrior-statesman who stunned Arab foes with his dramatic turnarounds, died on Saturday aged 85, after eight years in ...

FILE - In this Sunday May 16, 2004 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during a news conference in his Jerusalem office regarding education reform. Israeli media outlets are ...

Doctors in Jerusalem say they see improvement in the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who suffered a stroke last week. Brain swelling has reduced following a series of operations.

Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s body lay in state on Sunday outside parliament in Jerusalem, where thousands of Israelis waited to bid farewell to the maverick warrior-statesman who reshaped the ...

One of Israel's well-known leftist academics, Kimmerling trains his polemical sights here on Ariel Sharon. Israel's prime minister, he argues, is pursuing "politicide," which he defines as activities ...

Former general Ariel Sharon moved to the political center in a bid to secure Israel's future. His goals were to preserve a Jewish majority and to hold Jerusalem, according to Martin Indyk, a former ...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a coma since a 2006 stroke, is clinging to life after his condition took a turn for the worse last week, the head of the hospital treating him said on ...

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2005 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon smiles during a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel.

JERUSALEM - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, the trailblazing warrior-statesman who stunned Arab foes with his dramatic turnarounds, died on Saturday aged 85, after eight years in a coma ...

Obama has tactfully and carefully praised the polarizing Sharon for “commitment to his country” and Biden will lead the US delegation to the memorial service. A few choice passages from the obituary ...