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** FILE ** In this Sunday Jan. 30, 2005, file photo, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, the condition of the comatose former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse, the hospital treating him said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool, File)