Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to fullfill his duties.Speaking to a packed news conference in Jerusalem, the Israeli leader said that he will have surgery and that he has "full chances" of recovery. He said the disease was caught at an early stage.
Olmert, 62, took office in March 2006 after his predecessor, Ariel Sharon, suffered a debilitating stroke.
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