Former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon dead

Updated: 2014-01-11 20:58

(Agencies)

JERUSALEM - Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli general and prime minister who was in a coma for eight years after he had a stroke at the height of his power, died on Saturday aged 85, Israeli Army radio said, quoting a relative of his family.

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