Israel's Olmert quizzed again in graft probe

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

As was the case in previous interviews, anti-fraud squad officers questioned Olmert at his official residence in Jerusalem. Police said the interview should last about two and a half hours.

Olmert, 62, insists he is innocent.

But dogged by six separate graft investigations, he announced on July 30 that he would step down after his centrist Kadima party holds an internal leadership election in mid-September.

Friday's questioning was the seventh since allegations emerged in May that Olmert had accepted funds illegally from a wealthy US financier to...