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JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers on Thursday approved President Moshe Katsav's request to temporarily suspend himself from office over a looming rape indictment. In a roll-call vote broadcast live on radio and television after more than four hours of debate, 13 members of the Knesset House Committee voted to approve Mr. Katsav's request for a three-month leave of absence, while 11 voted against. ``The President's request for leave was accepted,'' committee chair Ruhama Avraham said after the vote. ``From this moment the President is temporarily suspended.'' Parliament Speaker Dalia Itzik now assumes Mr. Katsav's functions. The 61-year-old Mr. Katsav on Wednesday asked to be temporarily suspended, but refused mounting calls to resign after the Attorney General announced he would be indicted on charges including rape, sexual harassment and abuse of power. — AP
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