Yacimovich 1st woman since Golda to lead Labor party
By GIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
The Labor party elected its first female leader since Golda Meir on Wednesday when MK Shelly Yacimovich bested her former mentor, MK Amir Peretz, in a run-off race for the party's chairmanship.Yacimovich was expected to give a victory speech at the party's headquarters at Beit Berl Teachers' College in Kfar Saba, in which she would call upon Peretz to remain in the party and lead it together with her.Three killed in attacks in southern Lebanon - report
