Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he will stand down two months from now, saying his family is being hurt by corruption allegations against him.
Vowing to prove his innocence, he told reporters he would leave as soon as his Kadima party chooses a new leader at its internal election on 17 September.
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Olmert's resignation would delay peace process ... over a police inquiry into allegedly illegal election donations.
Several Kadima ministers in the ruling coalition are bidding to replace him.
"I am proud to be the prime minister of a country that investigates its prime ministers," Mr Olmert said.
"The prime minister is not above the law, but he is in no way below it."
(BBC)
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