ISRAELI PM OLMERT SWEARS IN NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER IN JERUSALEM
Incoming Israeli Police Commissioner David Cohen attends his swearing in ceremony at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's offices in Jerusalem on May 1, 2007. Cohen is replacing outgoing police Commissioner Moshe Karadi. Israelis called for Prime Minister Olmert to resign as his ruling coalition weakened a day after a government probe blasted his leadership for serious failure in the Lebanon war last summer. (UPI Photo/Menahem Kahana/POOL)
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