US Bill Would Withhold UN Cash Over Oil Probe
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The United States should withhold some of its UN contributions until the world body cooperates with congressional probes of alleged corruption in the Iraqi oil-for
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WASHINGTON  - A US senator heading a panel investigating the UN&#39;s scandal-plagued Iraq oil-for-food program called for UN chief Kofi Annan&#39;s resignation in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - The United Nations has   failed to take on board some of the key recommendations of an   investigation into corruption in its oil-for-food program in   Iraq, an investigator told Reuters on Thursday.
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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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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 Bush administration made clear on Thursday it would not take a position on whether UN Secretary General Kofi Annan should resign as it awaited the results of an investigation into the UN oil-for-food scandal.
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The General Assembly plans to put an early end to an in-house panel that has exposed more than $600 million in tainted U.N. contracts and is investigating an additional $1 billion.
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UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was unaware his son received $30,000 a year for over five years from a Swiss-based company under investigation in connection with suspected corruption in the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday said the United Nations will use &#36;30 million in revenue from the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq to pay the initial bill for the independent investigation of corruption allegations in the program.
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The U.S. Congress denied the Bush administration funds to study a new generation of nuclear weapons, omitting the money from a huge mop-up spending bill it passed over the weekend, lawmakers said on Monday.
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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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The US military expects to decide within a week whether to withhold 15 percent of bills paid to Halliburton Co. for work in Iraq, an Army spokeswoman said Wednesday, as Democrats cried foul over why the Army was ...
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The United States froze the assets  of two Saudi nationals on Tuesday for allegedly providing  support to al Qaeda, and asked the United Nations to take  similar action.
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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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US questions about how Japan and the European Union would retaliate against a law that has handed more than $750 million in customs duties to US companies stalled World Trade Organization approval of the sanctions today.
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The Pentagon is to withhold a proportion of payments to US firm Halliburton which supplies meals to US troops in Iraq.
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The United States suspects that  about $3 million in U.N. Development Program funds may have  been diverted by North Korea to buy property in Britain, Canada  and France, allegations denied by the agency.