Israel's Olmert and his wife quizzed by police

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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his wife Aliza were both questioned on Friday over a 2004 housing deal that is still being investigated, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

The premier, who is under investigation in six separate cases, and his wife were questioned separately over their purchase of a house on Cremieux Street in Jerusalem, Rosenfeld said.

Police suspect the contractor who sold the house slashed the price by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Media reports say Olmert, who at the time was trade and industry minister, is alleged to have used his connections to secure building rights for the contractor on another project.

Olmert, 62, insists he is innocent of the allegations of wrongdoing in the 13 years before he took...