UN Told of Weaknesses in U.S. Handling of Iraqi Oil
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U.S. handling of Iraq's oil money after the defeat of Saddam Hussein was marked by weaknesses including problems tracking oil production and cash, a watchdog told the U.N. Security Council on Friday, diplomats said.
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The United States said it was releasing documents to the independent panel probing the United Nations' scandal-plagued Iraq oil-for-food program, after the inquiry's chief complained about Washington's cooperation.
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UNITED NATIONS - After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen...
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s declaration that the invasion of Iraq contravened the UN charter greatly annoyed the countries participating in the war, especially the US.
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NEW YORK -- Internal auditors at the United Nations failed to investigate allegations that Iraq siphoned billions of dollars in illicit profits through kickbacks from companies that bought more than $64 billion in oil and humanitarian goods, depriving the organization of a "potentially powerful agent in helping to ensure accountability," a UN-appointed investigator said last night.
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The US State Department refused Wednesday to comment on calls for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign because of the oil-for-food scandal.
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United Nations member states voiced support for Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a U.S. senator called for him to resign over possible fraud in Iraq's oil-for-food program. The State Department endorsed a Senate investigation of the troubled program but sidestepped the issue of Annan's future.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Iraq's oil ministry has called  for new bids to develop an oil field in the war-torn country, a  major setback for the Canadian company that appeared to have  won the contract, a top executive with the firm said on Friday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, under fire in Congress over a troubled oil program for Iraq, received some friendly advice last month in a private meeting with former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and other foreign policy experts.
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A Jordanian oil firm sought approval from a U.S.-led international naval force to import millions of barrels of Iraqi crude through the Persian Gulf in violation of U.N. sanctions in February 2003, according to an internal company e-mail released Wednesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of a civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.
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The Bush administration is not seeking to push UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan out of office over an investigation into the world body&#39;s handling of the Iraq oil-for-food program, the US ambassador to the United Nations has said.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the investigation into abuses of the oil-for-food program in Iraq has &quot;cast a shadow&quot; over the United Nations.
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The United States has confidence in UN Secretary General Kofi Annan but wants an investigation into the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq completed, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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The Bush administration, which  earlier backed Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the U.N.  oil-for-food scandal, on Tuesday demanded he be held  accountable for mismanagement in the program.