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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Saturday, a spokesman for Hadassah-Ein Kerem Hospital said. Mr. Sharon, 77, who had a major stroke on Jan. 4, was still receiving a small amount of sedatives, said the spokesman, Ron Krumer. Mr. Sharon has undergone three lengthy operations to reduce swelling and clean away clots in his brain, but his vital signs are now said to be normal. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Saturday, a spokesman for Hadassah-Ein Kerem Hospital said. Mr. Sharon, 77, who had a major stroke on Jan. 4, was still receiving a small amount of sedatives, said the spokesman, Ron Krumer. Doctors began Wednesday to reduce the amount of sedatives they had been giving him to keep him in an induced coma. He has responded to pain in his right leg and both arms but has not regained consciousness. He has undergone three lengthy operations to reduce swelling and clean away clots in his brain, but his vital signs are now said to be normal.