Frist withdraws name from World Bank
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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has withdrawn his name from consideration for World Bank president, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday.
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has played down a row with Britain which is withholding a 50-million-pound contribution in protest at conditions attached to aid given to poor countries.
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Just when it appeared things had quieted down a bit at the World Bank, a mini-uproar developed this week over word that Robin Cleveland , top aide to outgoing bank chief Paul Wolfowitz , might be thinking of staying put.
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U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, as the new president for the World Bank, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
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Sunday November 7th, 2004 23:20. MADRID, Nov 7  -- The Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF) confirmed on Sunday it had withdrawn its staff from the Jebel Marra area in ...
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The president of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank on Tuesday announced his resignation from the multilateral bank, effective next year.
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The former head of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned in a row about his companion's promotion, said on Monday he had been forced to quit because emotions at the organization had become "overheated".
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Comment is free: Robert Goodland: My former employers, the World Bank, are damaging the planet and punishing the poor.
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Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee announced today he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
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The World Bank's governing board today rubber-stamped the appointment of Robert Zoellick as its next president, clearing the way for the US nominee to take up his post at the start of next week.
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The United States lost its status as the largest donor to the World Bank's main fund for poor countries, the lender said on Friday, as Britain pledged more in the latest funding round which secured a record amount of aid.
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Everyone knew he was a goner, but the embattled World Bank president resisted long enough to win some vindication
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The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has dropped a lawsuit against al Qaeda, other groups and a Pakistani bank over her husband's kidnap, torture and murder, court records show.
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Robert Zoellick, US President George W. Bush&#39;s choice to head the World Bank, is a former top diplomat and trade chief with a reputation for building consensus on issues ranging from German unification and Darfur to China&#39;s WTO entry.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Â ANC leader Jacob Zuma withdrew from a charity fundraising banquet honoring former boxer Mike Tyson on Wednesday after receiving criticism from women's groups in South Africa.
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Thailand named a former World Bank economist as its new finance minister Tuesday in the continuing fallout from last year's military coup whilst warning that economic growth will likely slow this year.
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U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, as the new president for the World Bank to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.