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Israeli Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert to intervene in pending deportation of Ghanaian father By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent.

Officials from the office of Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert said on Monday that Olmert has asked to personally intervene in the pending deportation of Ghanaian worker Joel Manar.Sources close to Olmert said he instructed government officials to find a way to keep Manar in Israel should there be a legal justification for doing so.The Interior Ministry is to send on Wednesday its official position to the Tel Aviv District Court on the matter of Manar, currently in custody.

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