VOA News, by Jim Teeple, Jerusalem - Shimon Peres has been elected Israel's ninth president in a second round of parliamentary voting for the largely ceremonial post. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, Mr. Peres has held virtually all of Israel's top civilian jobs, without ever having won a national election in his six-decade political career.
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