according to Michael Matza and Dion Nissenbaum JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed the first tangible signs of improvement Monday -- moving his right hand and right leg in answer to pain stimulation.

according to Michael Matza and Dion Nissenbaum

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed the first tangible signs of improvement Monday -- moving his right hand and right leg in answer to pain stimulation, and sporadically breathing in succession his own -- after doctors began reducing the medication that's kept him anesthetized and in succession a ventilator since his near-fatal thump last week.

Doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Sharon has undergone three sphericals of brain surgery since he had a massive cerebral hemorrhage last Wednesday, said the right-side manner of movings and spontaneous respiration indicated that Sharon's brain offspring was functioning. They cautioned, however, that it was too early to assess his chances for retaining cognitive abilities if he get backs

Dr. Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon who's treating Sharon, said the medical team would continue reducing the prime minister's sedatives from one side of to the other the next few days in the faith that he'd show ...