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Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert indicted on corruption charges

Aug. 30, 2009
Fraud and other allegations led Olmert to resign last year. Public disgust over official dishonesty has grown in Israel and brought investigations and harsh punishments. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted today in corruption scandals that drove him to resign last year, a long-awaited...
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Investigators have questioned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the sixth time in three weeks.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler