World Bank nominee Zoellick woos Africa on tour
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Robert Zoellick, U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to run the World Bank, promised on Wednesday to partner the world's poorest continent as he began a two-week tour to rally support for his nomination.
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Cajoling diamond dealers in Antwerp, pressing for peace in strife-torn Ivory Coast and building bridges at a central African summit, Thabo Mbeki has a schedule that only the busiest diplomat could love.
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South Africa has defended the Chinese juggernaut in Africa, saying Beijing was opening markets and helping the world's poorest continent reap the benefits of its vast mineral and oil riches.
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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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British finance minister Gordon Brown  visited one of Africa's largest slums Wednesday at the start of  a tour of the continent aimed at making the fight against  poverty a top priority for the world's richest nations.
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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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American economist Jeffrey Sachs  has a novel way to tackle African poverty: Shower more aid on  the world's poorest continent.
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South Africa will show off the Webb Ellis Cup on a six-city, four-day tour of the country, it was announced on Sunday.
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New penalties against Sudan &#151; check. More dollars to fight AIDS in Africa &#151; check. A respected internationalist to lead the World Bank &#151; check. Friendly words about tackling global warming &#151; check.
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In a commentary published in Africa International (France), Callisto Madavo, the World Bank&#39;s (former) Vice President for the Africa Region, writes that Africans need jobs.
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Robert Zoellick, a nimble negotiator who has crisscrossed the globe as President Bush's trade chief and as the country's No. 2 diplomat, is the White House's choice to be the next World Bank president. Bush will announce the decision on Wednesday, according to a senior administration official.
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British finance minister Gordon Brown  visited one of Africa's largest slums on Wednesday at the start  of a tour of the continent aimed at making the fight against  poverty a top priority for the world's richest nations.
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Bob Zoellick, Bush's new choice to head the World Bank, is no ideologue like his predecessor. An Administration stalwart, he's finally getting a chance at a top job he craved
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Administration officials said that Robert B. Zoellick, a former deputy secretary of state, was the top choice of European governments as well as critics of the bank.
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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.
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President Bush today named Robert B. Zoellick, a career diplomat and trade negotiator, to head the World Bank, seeking to dispatch the leadership crisis that has gripped the institution under Paul D. Wolfowitz.
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Jacob Zuma, the newly elected leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Sunday that he would look at inflation targeting, a key monetary policy tool used by the Central Bank to reign in inflation.