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/ 10 January 2006
Doctors bringing Ariel Sharon out of a medically induced coma declared on Tuesday that the Israeli premier’s life was no longer in danger and that there were increased signs of activity in his brain. The 77-year-old Sharon remains in the intensive care unit at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage six days ago.
Hundreds of West Bank settlers, some armed with primitive weapons and stun grenades, on Monday prepared to confront troops sent to evict them from their homes in the heart of biblical Israel. Israeli officials expressed fears that the settlers may have even stockpiled pistols in a bid to thwart their evacuation.