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Olmert Resists Calls to Quit Over Bribery Probe

By Avida Landau (Reuters)

posted on 05/09/08

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an U.S. businessman at the center of a police investigation into suspected bribery.

But Olmert, whose departure could disrupt U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations with the Palestinians, continued with his duties after telling the nation in a late-night televised address on Thursday that he would resign only if the attorney general could produce sufficient evidence to indict.

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