Olmert declares his resignation
China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-22 07:41
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (right) and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attend the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem yesterday. Reuters |
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would hand his resignation to President Shimon Peres later yesterday, Olmert's office said, but the scandal-hit leader could stay in office for weeks or months until a government is formed.
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