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(30 Oct 2003) 1. Exterior of Sharon residence 2. Various of security guards around the house 3. Police car with investigators entering the house 4. Close up of house window 5. Various of police around the house STORYLINE: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was questioned by police on Thursday in two corruption investigations, Israeli media reported. Sharon, the third sitting prime minister to be investigated by police, has denied wrongdoing. One probe involves a one and a half (m) million dollar loan from a South African businessman to Sharon's two sons, allegedly used to cover illegal contributions to his 1999 election campaign. In the second case, police are looking into a business deal between Sharon's younger son, Gilad, and businessman David Appel, who has ties to Sharon's Likud party. Appel allegedly paid Gilad Sharon hundreds of thousands of dollars to market a tourism project in Greece, media reported. Police are investigating whether Gilad Sharon was hired in an attempt to get his father, who was foreign minister at the time, to assist in getting the Greek authorities to approve the land deal, media reported. A district court recently overturned a police request for Gilad Sharon to handover documents. Sharon has promised to cooperate fully with the police investigation but Israel Radio said it was expected that Sharon would refer questions about both cases to his sons, as he has done previously. Media reports said police would question Sharon at his official residence in Jerusalem. Sharon is the third prime minister to be investigated by police - previous corruption inquiries against Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak were eventually dropped. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...