Bleeding in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain has been stopped and scans show improvement after a third round of surgery to treat a major stroke, a hospital official said. The 77-year-old leader remains in critical condition, according to Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director general of Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital. "The intracranial pressure was reduced," Mor-Yosef said. "Some of the clots were drained from the previous operation."

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