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News in Brief Police investigators will interview Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at his official residence in Jerusalem today, for the fifth time in recent weeks. Today's meeting is expected to focus on suspicions that Olmert received illegal financial contributions from American fund-raiser Morris Talansky. The investigators will also ask about the case of the alleged double billing. (Jonathan Lis) A former adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from his days as industry and trade minister was questioned yesterday by the police's National Fraud Squad. Eldad Rothman is suspected of a series of appointments of cronies in positions at the ministry and elsewhere. Rothman was placed under house arrest after questioning and agreed to remain under house arrest until the completion of today's questioning of Olmert. Rothman is the husband of Noa Ben-Artzi, granddaughter of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. He is also the son of Shlomo Rothman, the chairman of the Israel Electric Corporation. (Jonathan Lis) Advertisement A Sheba Medical Center employee was killed after she had a heart attack while driving in the parking garage and slammed her car into a wall. Witnesses saw the woman, 60, suddenly veer into the cement wall at around 4 P.M. yesterday, and called medical teams and hospital doctors to the scene. She was taken inside in critical condition, and died shortly thereafter. Preliminary tests indicate she died from the damage to her heart, not from the impact of the crash. (Roni Singer-Heruti) A small group of settlers attacked a delegation of British diplomats during a visit to the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday, the British Consulate said. The diplomats were attacked while touring the area in an armored car. None were injured. A Palestinian security official in the city said one of the settlers kicked the car after trying to open one of its doors. Israeli police then intervened. The British diplomats were taking part in a tour by Breaking the Silence, led by former soldiers. (Reuters) Police yesterday requested a remand extension for a Rehovot resident suspected of producing drugs in her home. Following information received by the Rehovot police, detectives arrived at the woman's apartment late Wednesday evening and uncovered 20,000 pills which, according to the police, included a "psychoactive" substance. They also found a liquid that could allegedly be sufficient to produce 1 million pills. But the police admitted that the pills confiscated were unidentified, and apparently were not listed as prohibited drugs. (Roni Singer-Heruti) Israel, under international pressure to ease curbs on Palestinian movement, opened a roadblock yesterday in the West Bank to commercial traffic. The checkpoint between the city of Hebron and a commercial crossing point into Israel would be open for trucks for six hours a day, the army said. Private vehicles remain banned. Residents said the measure reduces travel time between Hebron and the Tarkumiya crossing to less than 20 minutes from 45. (Reuters) Bookmark to del.icio.us   Going for the gold Israel's athletes made a forceful debut on the opening day of the Olympic Games. Cooking vs. driving As Ramadan nears, Hamas bans the use of cooking gas to fuel vehicles in the Gaza Strip.

Read & React Israel slams Turkey over Ahmadinejad plan to visit Responses: 116 Israel: We'll hold Lebanon responsible for Hezbollah's actions Responses: 272 PRC: Open crossings within 3 weeks or we'll end Gaza truce Responses: 73 Ze'ev Sternhall: Burying the Jewish state between Hebron and Yitzhar Responses: 85 Ultra-Orthodox 'Modesty Guard' suspected in beating of J'lem woman Responses: 106 More Headlines 01:23 Officials: Olmert failed to dispel graft suspicions in 5th round of questioning 02:07 Putin defends Russia's Ossetia incursion, slams Georgia over 'genocide' 23:27 Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies after heart surgery 00:09 Putin to Peres: Russia doesn't want a nuclear armed Iran 00:15 Beijing Olympics / Israel shows its mettle even without a medal 20:33 Gaza militants fire Qassam rocket into western Negev 15:21 U.S. Jewish congressman beats opponent who linked him to KKK 20:51 Diplomats: Syria blocks new visit by nuclear watchdog 20:35 INTERVIEW / Top U.S. general lays foundation for Palestinian state 07:46 EU tightens sanctions against Iran over nuke program 03:28 Anti-Semitic graffiti prompts Sarkozy's son to take legal action 17:29 As Ramadan nears, Hamas bans use of cooking gas to fuel cars in Gaza 22:38 VIDEO / Ultra-Orthodox 'Modesty Guard' suspected of beating Jerusalem woman Previous Editions Select Day 08 aug 07 aug 06 aug 05 aug 04 aug 03 aug 01 aug 31 jul 30 jul 29 jul 28 jul 27 jul

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