Iraq Wants Money Back; Annan Promises Action
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Iraq said it wanted its money  back from the scandal-tainted U.N. oil-for-food program on  Friday as Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed to get to the  bottom of wrongdoing by U.N. staff.
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Iraq could plunge into still deeper chaos unless billions of dollars the international community has pledged for rebuilding are spent quickly, the Baghdad government will warn this week.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan pledged yesterday to get to the bottom of any wrongdoing by the United Nations in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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Iraq urged international donors on  Wednesday to live up to their promises on funding for  reconstruction work, which has been stalled by violence, saying  it was the most effective way to fight extremism.
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TOKYO : Iraq pleaded with the international community to play a bigger part in rebuilding the war-shattered nation at a donors conference to assess how to spend billions of dollars in aid.
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WASHINGTON - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday he was &quot;disappointed&quot; to learn his son Kojo was getting secret payments from a company under investigation for its role in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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Iraq cleared around &#36;81 million in debt it owed the International Monetary Fund late last week, fund sources said on Monday, opening the way for the first aid to flow from the global lender to Iraq.
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UNITED NATIONS: UN diplomats say they are concerned that calls for Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s resignation and allegations of massive corruption in the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq could derail plans for a sweeping reform of the United Nations.
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Kofi Annan gently prodded world leaders to follow through on their aid pledges, which now total more than $3 billion.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that the United Nations had received pledges of $500 million to pay for emergency assistance to victims of the south Asia earthquake and tsunami.
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NEW YORK: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan admitted yesterday he was &quot;disappointed&quot; over revelations his son Kojo received payments under the controversial oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has pleaded with other countries to help Iraq reduce or eliminate its foreign debt and to join the multinational forces fighting the insurgents.
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UNITED NATIONS -- More than four years after the fall of Baghdad, the United Nations is spending millions of dollars in Iraqi oil money to continue the hunt for Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan  pledged Friday to get to the bottom of any wrongdoing by the  United Nations in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan assured the Iraqis that the world body will provide assistance to their elections next year, including more staff &quot;as circumstances permit.
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Iraq wants the United Nations to lift all sanctions and stop using the country's oil revenue to pay compensation to victims of the 1991 Gulf War and the salaries of U.N. weapons inspectors, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday.
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TOKYO - Japan will try to confirm what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meant by reportedly saying the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act, top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.