Zoellick unanimously approved as World Bank chief
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The World Bank on Monday unanimously approved Robert Zoellick as its president after a controversial two-year term by Paul Wolfowitz, who agreed to resign over a promotion scandal involving his companion.
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France has formally proposed former  European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to  become the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lamy  said Monday. EU governments backed Frenchman Lamy as Europe's  candidate last week for the post of WTO director-general, which  former Thai deputy premier Supachai Panitchpakdi is due to  leave at the end of August 2005.
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The Bush administration appeared on Thursday to have averted a fight with other World Bank member nations over its choice of Robert Zoellick to head the poverty-fighting agency, with his approval already widely considered a foregone conclusion.
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World Bank presidential nominee Robert  Zoellick said on Tuesday he believed a deal could be clinched  in the Doha round world trade talks and that such an accord  would give a big boost to development and growth.
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Robert Zoellick, picked by U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday to head the World Bank, said his biggest challenge would be to "calm the waters" following the storm over outgoing president Paul Wolfowitz.
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Hong Kong's former health chief said she has secured support from &quot;some countries&quot; for the top job at the World Health Organisation (WHO), hours before the nominations process was to end.
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The United States on Wednesday backed European Union candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund, virtually assuring the Frenchman&#39;s victory as the selection process neared a conclusion.
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Judge Michael Chertoff is unanimously confirmed by the US Senate as the new homeland security chief.
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President George W Bush picks Robert Zoellick as deputy secretary of state to Condoleezza Rice.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday named former top trade negotiator Robert Zoellick to head the World Bank, and the nominee called on bank members to move past divisions and "focus on the future."
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The World Bank said on Wednesday it had approved a $600 million loan for India to help it revamp thousands of ailing rural cooperative banks and fight village poverty through cheap loans.
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GENEVA -- Bird flu and SARS battler Margaret Chan was elected Thursday to head the World Health Organization, the highest U.N. post ever won by a Chinese national, and she immediately pledged to give highest priority to the health of women and Africans.
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World Bank President James Wolfensohn hailed a British proposal to write off 10 percent of the debt owed the World Bank by poor countries, describing it as &quot;enormously constructive.&quot;
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Bush taps Robert Zoellick, a veteran of both Wall Street and Washington, to replace Wolfowitz at the World Bank.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Robert Zoellick, slated to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, must move swiftly to restore confidence in the poverty-fighting institution, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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France has formally proposed former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to become the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lamy said Monday. EU governments backed Frenchman Lamy as Europe's candidate last week for the post of WTO director-general, which former Thai deputy premier Supachai Panitchpakdi is due to leave at the end of August 2005.
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A leading Chinese academic has been appointed the World Bank's first Chief Economist from a developing country.