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CNN
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U.S. President George W. Bush met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday, predicting that a Middle East peace treaty would be signed by the time he leaves office in 2009. Speaking at a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmou..
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BBC News
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The World Bank's executive board has confirmed that Robert Zoellick will become the organisation's new boss.
Mr Zoellick, who was nominated by US President George W Bush, will replace Paul Wolfowitz, who leaves on 30 June.
Mr Wolfowitz is stepping d..
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BBC News
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US President George W Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, former deputy secretary of state, to be president of the World Bank, US officials say.
Mr Zoellick would replace Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned amid a scandal over his role in winning a new pay and p..
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FOX News
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The Bush administration's choice to run the World Bank could be revealed as soon as this week, the White House said Tuesday.
The United States for several weeks has been scouting candidates to replace Paul Wolfowitz, who will leave the poverty-fighting..
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BBC News
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The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has told the BBC an "overheated" atmosphere at the bank and in the media forced him to resign.
Mr Wolfowitz stood down after a scandal over his role in winning a new pay and promotion package fo..
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FOX News
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President Bush's grandfather was a director of a bank seized by the federal government because of its ties to a German industrialist who helped bankroll Adolf Hitler's rise to power, government documents show.
Prescott Bush (search) was one of seven di..
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FOX News
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Tony Blair may be asked to head the World Bank after its current president quit over an ethics flap, according to London's Daily Mail.
One of America’s top economists today revealed that the retiring prime minister is being considered as a replacemen..
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FOX News
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The White House said Friday it will move quickly to find a successor — preferably an American — for departing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz as the administration sought to rebuild relationships strained by the controversy.
Wolfowitz a day ear..
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Washington Post
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As he prepared to assume the World Bank presidency in the spring of 2005, Paul D. Wolfowitz reached out to the bank's skeptical senior managers. In informal meetings, he took copious notes and asked respectful questions. He knew they had doubts about him,..
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CNN
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The World Bank executive board issued this statement Thursday:
Over the last three days we have considered carefully the report of the ad hoc group, the associated documents, and the submissions and presentations of Mr. Wolfowitz. Our deliberations wer..
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CNN
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Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed to resign Thursday after weeks of controversy over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend, a bank employee, the institution's board of directors announced Thursday.
In a statement announcin..
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CNN
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Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and the White House were in talks Wednesday afternoon with World Bank officials to work out details of his resignation, senior administration officials told CNN.
Under a proposed agreement, Wolfowitz would..
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Reuters
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is not welcome at an Africa forum the bank is holding in Berlin next week if he is still in his post at the time, German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said.
Speaking to reporters in Berlin on Wednesd..
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Washington Post
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The Bush administration softened its support for World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz yesterday, signaling a willingness to replace him if the bank's executive board resolves an ethics controversy without firing him.
"All options are on the table," s..
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FOX News
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The White House defended embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Tuesday, saying findings that he broke bank rules in arranging a hefty pay package for his girlfriend did not amount to "a firing offense."
Wolfowitz, who maintain that he acted..
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Guardian Unlimited
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An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new details published last night.
Under fire for the lavish pa..
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BBC News
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A panel of executives at the World Bank says its President Paul Wolfowitz broke bank rules in awarding a substantial pay rise to his girlfriend.
The directors said the full board of the World Bank should consider whether Mr Wolfowitz was still able to..
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MSNBC
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In yet another setback for the embattled World Bank president, Paul Wolfowitz’s girlfriend, Shaha Riza, announced today that she was resigning as Wolfowitz’s girlfriend, “effective immediately.”
While Riza’s role in the conflict-of-interest s..
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Al Jazeera
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The controversy has spurred calls for Wolfowitz' resignation, and he is fighting to hold on to his job.
He maintains that he acted in good faith in arranging Riza's remuneration, and accused critics of a "smear campaign" against him.
The bank's..
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Washington Post
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A World Bank committee investigating president Paul D. Wolfowitz has nearly completed a report that it plans to give the institution's governing board, concluding that he breached ethics rules when he engineered a pay raise for his girlfriend, three senio..
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