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Kadima confirms Olmert as leader
The Kadima party of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon has chosen acting
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in
as party chairman.
Mr Sharon suffered a massive stroke on
4 January and remains in a coma.
The Kadima party, formed by Mr Sharon
after he left the Likud party, has a
centrist platform of unilateral
withdrawal from occupied territory.
Correspondents say Kadima's decision is
another sign that Israeli politics is
returning to normal without Mr Sharon.
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