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<title>Wolfowitz blames media for resignation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I think it tells us more about cronyism and his lack of perspective.]]></description>
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<title>Behind the World Bank's ouster of Paul Wolfowitz</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the end, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz went out with a whimper, accepting a mildly worded resolution of the bank


s board of governors thanking him for his two years at the helm of the international lending institution while declaring that 


mistakes were made.


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<title>Crying Wolfowitz: What now for the World Bank?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With Paul Wolfowitz heading for the exit door, the questions continue about whether the World Bank will recover.  The Wolfowitz affair has raised questions about the way the organisation is run.

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<title>Betting on Wolfie's final daze</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The odds of World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz resigning in the next few days are getting shorter. US Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson and Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice are campaigning on his behalf but European leaders have given the Bush administration an offer it can


t refuse.


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<title>The Wolfowitz battle continues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is digging in for the fight. Wolfowitz is under pressure to quit with the investigation into the way his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, got a pay rise and promotion. He


s just hired lawyer, Robert Bennett, the attorney who represented former US president Bill Clinton against sexual harassment claims by Paula Jones.

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<title>Wolfowitz woes continue</title>
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World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is digging in for a fight over the contentious promotion and pay rise for his girlfriend but World Bank staff have launched a website calling for his removal and Transparency International has warned that the scandal could undermine the fight against corruption.
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<title>Scandal, political tensions spur demands for Wolfowitz's ouster at World Bank</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pressure for the resignation of Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank escalated over the weekend in the wake of a Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers meeting in Washington, where several participants suggested his position was untenable.]]></description>
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<title>World Bank Rulers Concerned About Wolfowitz' Ethics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Development ministers said on Sunday: "We have to ensure that the bank can effectively carry out its mandate and maintain its credibility and reputation as well as motivation of the staff."]]></description>
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<title>Wolfowitz and World Bank nepotism uproar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who spends a fair bit of his time lecturing Third World countries about the evils of corruption, is caught up in a scandal about his romantic partner getting a promotion and generous pay rises. All part of a deeper problem of nepotism where his GOP buddies have been given jobs at the bank.

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<title>Murray Waas: Favoritism Shown Towards Wolfowitz's Girlfriend</title>
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<description><![CDATA[From the Wolfowitz not a good guy department: Instead she was given a raise of $47,340, whereupon her salary became $180,000. Then last year, she received yet another raise which brought her salary to $193,000. That salary increase not only meant that Riza earned more than Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, but apparently made her the single highest paid State Department official.]]></description>
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<title>The Washington Note</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Paul Wolfowitz, architect of America's failing foray into Iraq as Rumsfeld's former Deputy at the Pentagon, now heads the World Bank and finally seems like his true self is coming out of the closet.]]></description>
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