An operation to repair surgical damage to Ariel Sharon’s skull was postponed. Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital announced Tuesday that the 78-year-old prime minister, who has been comatose since a Jan. 4 stroke, was suffering from a mild respiratory infection and a planned operation had been deferred indefinitely.
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