Olmert has prostate cancer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7032573,00.html
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to perform his duties.

Speaking to a packed news conference in Jerusalem, the Israeli leader said the disease was caught at an early stage and that he will have surgery ``over the next few months.''

``I will be able to carry out my duties fully before the treatment and within hours afterward,'' Olmert said. ``My doctors ... informed me that there is a full chance of recovery and there is nothing about the tumor which is life-threatening or liable to impair my performance or my ability to carry out the mission which has been bestowed upon me.
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What ever happened to Sharon? Is he still alive?