Tel Aviv, October 29, SPA -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to fulfill his duties. Speaking to a packed news conference in Jerusalem, theIsraeli leader said that he will have surgery and that hehas «full chances» of recovery. He said the disease wascaught at an early stage. Olmert, 62, took office in March 2006 after hispredecessor, Ariel Sharon, suffered a debilitating stroke, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/494549