Ariel Sharon Suffers Mild Stroke; Israeli Leader Called 'Fully Functional'

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JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a mild stroke Sunday, but his condition quickly improved and his doctor said he was expected to be released from the hospital after a few days. Sharon aides said he was lucid and in control of the government.

The prime minister never lost consciousness and was talking and joking with his family hours after arriving at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital, doctors said. He was treated with blood thinners and suffered no damage from the stroke, said his personal physician, Boleslaw Goldman.

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Ariel Sharon Suffers Mild Stroke; Israeli Leader Called 'Fully Functional'

"He's lucid, he's fully functional," Sharon aide Raanan Gissin said.

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