Israel's Olmert grilled again over graft allegations

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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was questioned by anti-fraud officers on Friday for the sixth time since claims emerged in May that he had illegally received funds from a US financier.

As was the case in previous interviews, police spoke to Olmert, 62, at his official residence in Jerusalem. The questioning lasted three hours, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

Olmert will be questioned again next Friday, he said.

Dogged by six separate graft investigations, Olmert announced on June 30 that he would step down after his centrist Kadima party holds elections in mid-September, but insisted he was innocent of the allegations against him.

The anti-fraud unit officers questioned Olmert on several of the claims of wrongdoing...