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upi.com May 9, 2008

JERUSALEM, May 9 (UPI) -- Opposition and coalition leaders called on embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign after bribery allegations against him surfaced. ... Israeli police have been investigating Olmert but only recently revealed he is suspected of... [read full story]

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Olmert resists calls to quit over bribery probe

alertnet.org May 9, 2008

Source: Reuters By Avida Landau JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre ... ... By Avida Landau JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) -...

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Opponents: Israeli PM should resign over allegations

wtop.com May 9, 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talks to members of the media during a news conference at his official residence in Jerusalem, late Thursday May 8, 2008. Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime...

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Foes and media round on Olmert over bribe probe

thestar.com.my May 9, 2008

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ehud Olmert's opponents and much of Israel's press called on the prime minister to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman for close to a decade. ... Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gives a statement at his...

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Opponents: Israeli PM should resign over allegations

sacbee.com May 9, 2008

Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talks to members of the...

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Olmert resists calls to quit over bribery probe

reuters.com May 9, 2008

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a police investigation into suspected bribery. ... By Avida Landau JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ehud...

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Olmert resists calls to quit over bribery probe

thestar.com.my May 9, 2008

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OLMERT: YES, I TOOK CASH

nypost.com May 9, 2008

In a deepening scandal that could topple the Israeli government, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted last night to accepting cash payments from a Long Island businessman, but insisted they were not bribes. "I never took bribes. I never took a penny...

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Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe

reuters.com May 9, 2008

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defied a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a police inquiry into allegations of bribery. ... By Avida Landau JERUSALEM (Reuters) -...

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