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Israel auditor hands Olmert probe to attorney general

Israel’s state auditor on Sunday asked the attorney general to take over a probe into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s purchase of a house on suspicion that he bought it for significantly less than its market value. State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss said in a statement issued by his office that he had asked Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz to take charge of the probe because he said Olmert and others had failed to cooperate with his investigation. Full Story