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Israel's Parliament Elects Peres President

83-year-old former PM vows to unite country

By Sophie Goldstein, Newser User

Posted Jun 13, 2007 12:28 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Knesset voted in Vice Premier Shimon Peres as president of Israel today, after his two rivals for the office dropped out. Peres, a former PM and Nobel laureate, says his job is to unite Israeli society and "expel despair from our midst."... Read full story »

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