Poll favours Livni as Israel leadership vote nears
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's hopes of succeeding the scandal-hit Ehud Olmert as prime minister got a boost from an opinion poll on Monday, two days before she faces rivals in a party leadership vote. Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attends a meeting with her Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos (not...
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