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News / Thousands take to streets as Israel celebrates 60 years of statehood
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Ehud Olmert, Shimon Peres 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 news roundup for May 8, 2008.

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Thousands take to the streets and parks as Israel celebrates 60 years of statehood.

In Independence Day festivities, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appears unaffected by the new probe against him.
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