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Israel's Livni asked to form new government
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Monday to form a new government, a day after scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert officially stepped down.
Nations:Israel People:Shimon Peres Ehud Olmert Activities:Ehud Olmert Corruption Case Source:(AFP)
2008-09-22
With Olmert gone, clock starts on Israel coalition
JERUSALEM - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni wasted no time Sunday working to put together a new government, meeting with potential coalition partners even as outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert formally resigned. Her ability to move fast in her first task could have far-reaching effects on Mideast peace talks.
Nations:Israel Lebanon People:Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu Shimon Peres Mahmoud Abbas Ariel Sharon Activities:Ehud Olmert Corruption Case
2008-09-21
Israel's Olmert tells Cabinet he will resign
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, crippled by a series of corruption investigations, announced he would resign Sunday, clearing the way for his foreign minister to try to succeed him as Israel's next leader.
Nations:Israel Lebanon People:Shimon Peres Ehud Olmert Ariel Sharon Activities:Ehud Olmert Corruption Case Source:(AP)
2008-09-21
Israel's Livni now in battle for premiership
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Fresh from her election as the head of Israel's governing Kadima party, Tzipi Livni on Thursday set out to become the country's second woman prime minister and avert snap elections that could stall Middle East peacemaking.
People:Ehud Olmert Hosni Mubarak Condoleezza Rice Activities:Ehud Olmert Corruption Case Source:(AFP)
2008-09-18
Ultra-Orthodox party emerging as Israel kingmaker
JERUSALEM - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish party run by an octogenarian rabbi who has said Hurricane Katrina was divine punishment emerged Thursday as the kingmaker in forming the next Israeli government.
Nations:Israel People:Shimon Peres Ehud Olmert Ariel Sharon Activities:Ehud Olmert Corruption Case Holocaust Source:(AP)
2008-09-18
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