Mahmoud Abbas, secretary-general of the PLO executive committee gestures under a portrait and beside the empty chair of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat during an emergency meeting at Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 6, 2004. Arafat remained in a critical condition on Saturday, a senior aide said, despite a media report that he might have opened his eyes and talked to doctors. REUTERS/Ammar Awad OP/DL