Oil-for-food trial turns to diplomacy
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A businessman implicated in the scandal-ridden United Nations oil-for-food program facilitated unofficial attempts at diplomacy between senior U.S. and Iraqi government officials in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to testimony and documents in the trial of one of his associates, a Texas oil tycoon.
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The government allows genetically-modified potato trials in a bid to fight blight.
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Two separate reports have recently surfaced describing in greater detail allegations of corruption in the United Nations-administered oil-for-food (OFF) program in Iraq and the so-called "oil voucher" scheme by ...
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The U.N. inquiry into  allegations of corruption in the now-defunct Iraqi oil-for-food  program on Thursday released the names of some 4,500 firms that  did business with Baghdad but did not rule on their guilt or  innocence.
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WASHINGTON -- The State Department yesterday endorsed a Senate investigation into possible fraud in the UN oil-for-food program while sidestepping a senator's demand that Secretary General Kofi Annan resign.
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After creating difficulties last month, Russia is now cooperating with the independent investigation into alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, a spokesman for the investigation said Friday.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday admitted allegations about the UN&#39;s oil-for-food program
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The first trial arising from the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal is moving into a new phase, with prosecutors calling on witnesses to corroborate e-mails detailing the lobbyist&#039;s requests for help from a top procurement official in the Bush administration.
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The European Union on Wednesday challenged Washington&#39;s assertion that it had won a World Trade Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.
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The court order could help improve the climate for talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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Kofi Annan built a reputation as the world&#39;s most trusted diplomat, but the oil-for-food scandal has riled US critics. Is his job in jeopardy?
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Interviews with dozens of former and current Iraqi officials by congressional investigators have produced new evidence that Saddam Hussein micro-managed business deals under the U.N. oil-for-food program to maximize political influence with important foreign governments like Russia and neighboring Arab states.
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Canada has requested that a dispute settlement panel be established in its challenge of American farm subsidies at the World Trade Organization.
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A probe into the U.N.  oil-for-food program for Iraq said the director of the  operation got oil allocations for a firm run by a friend, and  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed to discipline him.
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The State Department yesterday endorsed a Senate investigation into possible fraud in the United Nations oil-for-food program while sidestepping a senator&#39;s
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A House of Representatives&#39; subcommittee investigating Iraq&#39;s oil-for-food program expanded its probe to the administration Tuesday, agreeing to subpoena documents on the
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Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who heads a panel investigating charges of corruption in the United Nations&#39; oil-for-food program in Iraq, says that his inquiry is encountering some resistance and slow sharing of information