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Israel's Peres meets parties after PM Olmert quits

JERUSALEM-Israeli President Shimon Peres held talks on Sunday with parliamentary factions on the formation of a new coalition government after the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.Olmert, who faces criminal indictment in corruption probes, submitted his resignation to Peres on Sunday, four days after he was replaced by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as leader of the ruling Kadima party in an internal election. "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert submitted his resignation to me tonight," Peres told reporters at his Jerusalem residence.After the announcement, Peres met representatives of the four largest parties-Kadima, Labour, Likud and Shas-and on Monday he will hold talks the remaining nine factions.Israeli media reported that Peres would nominate a party leader to form the next government on Monday and indicated that Livni was his likely choice.If Livni, Israel's chief negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians, gets the nod she will have up to 42 days to try to put together a coalition.If successful she will become Israel's first woman prime minister since Golda Meir in the 1970s.
Olmert could stay on as interim prime minister for weeks or even months until a new coalition government is formed or a new parliamentary election held.
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