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Israeli Media Stop Broadcasting Sharon Speech JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli media abruptly stopped broadcasting a live speech by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday under orders from the election commission, which accused him of campaigning in violation of election rules. In a move which one election commission official said was unprecedented, television and radio broadcasts went off the air less than halfway through the about 50-minute appearance after Sharon bitterly attacked opposition Labor Party leader Amram Mitzna. The election commission later confirmed it had ordered Israeli media to stop broadcasting the speech, in which Sharon dismissed allegations of involvement in a corruption scandal that has cut his Likud party's lead in opinion polls...
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