Last Update: 20/12/2004 21:46 MKs okay preliminary reading of bill to make Peres deputy PM By Gideon Alon and Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondents Shimon Peres speaking in the Knesset on Monday, ahead of a vote on a bill that would allow him to become deputy prime minister. (AP) The Knesset on Monday passed the preliminary reading of a bill aimed at allowing Shimon Peres to become a second deputy prime minister, thereby meeting Labor's demands for joining a coalition government under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The draft was approved by a vote of 56 to 34. A senior government official...