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Wed 12 Dec 2006Olmert creates storm in Israel on nuclear issueMIDDLE EAST:Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert faces serious domestic political fallout from his apparent admission in a German television interview that Israel is a nuclear power.Mr Olmert dodged questions on the issue during a visit to Berlin yesterday as opposition politicians in Israel denounced the apparent end of "strategic ambiguity" on nuclear weapons.