Quds city, Jan 9, SPA -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing independently on Monday shortly after doctors started to rouse him from a medically-induced coma. "I want to point out that the moment we began reducing the dosage, the prime minister began breathing independently," Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassad hospital told reporters. Reuters quoted Fr Shlomo as saying that Sharon was still in critical condition.