JERUSALEM - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the trailblazing warrior-statesman who transformed the region and was reviled by Arab foes, died on Saturday at age 85, after eight years in a ...

During the eight years that Ariel Sharon lay in a hospital bed, sustained by a feeding tube and turned at regular intervals to prevent bedsores, his great body shrank and his legacy slowly shifted.

JERUSALEM — It was vintage Ariel Sharon: His hefty body bobbing behind a wall of security men, the ex-general led a march onto a Jerusalem holy site, staking a bold claim to a shrine that has been in ...

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 ...

Ariel Sharon was Israel — with all of its gumption, innovation, determination, virtues and faults. He was a man of extremes, both as a warrior and as a Prime Minister. He manifested the quintessential ...

Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister of Israel died Saturday after eight years in a coma. Sharon was also a one-time military commander, a minister of defense, a war hero to some and a war criminal ...

Ariel Sharon, one of the most influential figures in Israeli history, passed away on Saturday after eight years in a stroke-induced coma. The life of the polarizing former general and prime minister ...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for nearly eight years has taken a turn for the worse and is now in critical condition. Sharon, who is 85, suffered a debilitating ...

JERUSALEM -- Israel should have killed Yasser Arafat 20 years ago, while he was under Israeli siege in Beirut, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published Thursday. Sharon said he was ...

Ariel Sharon's turbulent military career set the stage for his role as a somewhat unlikely Israeli prime minister. James Bennet, former Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, tells Melissa ...