JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signed an agreement with the chairman of an extreme-right party on Monday to join his shaky coalition government, his office announced.
"Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, Avigdor Lieberman, several minutes ago signed an agreement on Yisrael Beitenu`s joining the coalition," it said in a statement.

10/23/2006 16:37 GMT