High Stakes In Case Against Israeli Leader

                   
cbsnews.com     Jul 22, 2008            

As Olmert's Lawyers Continue Cross-Examination, More Scrutiny (CBS/AP) It's a sleazy political corruption drama in which the characters are an American-Jewish businessman and the embattled Prime Minister of Israel. At stake is not just the political future of Ehud Olmert - it's possibly the recently rejuvenated Middle East peace process, CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports. A key witness in the corruption case spent Monday trying to fend off attempts by Olmert's attorneys to undermine his credibility and call his memory into question. Morris Talansky, the 76-year-old American businessman at the center of the case, answered "I don't know" and "I don't remember" to many of the questions from Olmert's defense lawyers on the fourth day of his cross-examination in a Jerusalem courtroom. At times, Talansky has contradicted... [read full story]                    

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Testimony resumes in Olmert corruption case

gulfnews.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Jerusalem: Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday resumed cross examination of millionaire Jewish-American financier Morris Talansky. Morris Talansky had testified in May to having given Olmert some 150,000...                    

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Olmert's lawyers cross-examine U.S. businessman behind incriminating testimony

iht.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Attorneys for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are cross-examining a U.S. businessman who is the central figure in a corruption case that could force Olmert from office. Friday's session in a Jerusalem courtroom is the second in a...                    

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Testimony resumes in Olmert corruption case

khaleejtimes.com     Jul 18, 2008          

JERUSALEM - Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday resumed cross examination of a millionaire Jewish-American financier who says he gave Olmert thousands of dollars in cash, in a case that could unseat the...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness

nwsource.com     Jul 18, 2008          

JERUSALEM -- Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness

charlotte.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens to drive the...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness (AP)

yahoo.com     Jul 18, 2008          

AP - Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens to drive...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness

wtop.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky, center, walks into the courtroom for the second day of a five-day cross-examination by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers, at the District court in Jerusalem, Friday July...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness

sacbee.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens to drive the...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness

newsvine.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens to drive the...                    

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Lawyers cross-examine Olmert witness

chron.com     Jul 18, 2008          

JERUSALEM — Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens...                    

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