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Police source: Anyone but Olmert would have been arrested by now
Summary from Israel, from articles in English
Israel Police and the Justice Ministry released a joint statement Friday saying that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is suspected of asking a number of different public organizations, and the state, to pay for the same trips abroad. (article 4) " The prime minister was asked to give his account about suspicions of serious fraud and other offenses said the police and the ministry joint statement, following a third round of questioning of Olmert in an ongoing corruption investigation. (article 4) Also on Friday, Amir Dan told the press that "the earth did not move and the sky did not fall" following Olmert's third questioning. (article 5) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be questioned again Friday about the hundreds of thousands of dollars he allegedly received over 15 years from Jewish-American millionaire Morris Talansky. (article 3) Olmert's associates accused the police of turning the case into a "personal campaign" against the prime minister, suggesting that Olmert would not be treated fairly during the interview. (article 3) Contrary to what others close to the prime minister have been saying, the source said the cross-examination " is not expected to generate a revolution or drama. (article 6)

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  • Story keywords
    Olmert, Talansky, Minister, Police, prime

    Source articles
    1. Cinderella man (haaretz.com, 07/11/2008, 996 words)
    2. Olmert, Zaken, and Rishon Tours: A case of deja vu (haaretz.com, 07/12/2008, 663 words)
    3. Police source: Anyone but Olmert would have been arrested by now (haaretz.com, 07/11/2008, 652 words)
    4. Olmert suspected of defrauding state, charities to fund trips abroad (haaretz.com, 07/12/2008, 905 words)
    5. /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1001278 (haaretz.com, 07/12/2008, 567 words)
    6. /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1000501 (haaretz.com, 07/09/2008, 1166 words)




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