President Obama should reach out to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi as tensions in Iran over the disputed presidential elections continue to heighten, a former Bush administration official told CNN Sunday.
Two senators are asking congressional investigators to look at Iraq's oil revenues and see if the war-ravaged nation can pay for its own reconstruction, an effort that has been bankrolled to this point mostly by U.S. taxpayers.
A siege mentality prevails at a World Bank unit that investigates allegations of misconduct and corruption in bank-financed projects, an independent panel says. It recommends the group reach out to other departments and outside advisers to deal with its problems.
The scandal-ridden departure of Paul Wolfowitz from the World Bank doesn't end its crisis. The trouble runs deeper.
Robert Zoellick, a seasoned player in international financial and diplomatic circles, won the unanimous approval of the World Bank's board on Monday to become the poverty-fighting institution's next president
The World Bank Monday unanimously approved Robert Zoellick as its president after a controversial two-year term by Paul Wolfowitz, who agreed to resign over a promotion scandal involving his companion.
When Brad Pitt was casting A Mighty Heart, he knew Angelina Jolie would be perfect to star as Mariane Pearl - he just didn't know how to ask.
Healing the wounds and conflicts at the World Bank will be a difficult task in the aftermath of an ethics scandal, Robert Zoellick, the bank's likely next president, said on Monday.
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
U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday he will nominate Robert Zoellick to be the 11th president of the World Bank, replacing Paul Wolfowitz, who was forced to step down.
President Obama should reach out to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi as tensions in Iran over the disputed presidential elections continue to heighten, a former Bush administration official told CNN Sunday.
Two senators are asking congressional investigators to look at Iraq's oil revenues and see if the war-ravaged nation can pay for its own reconstruction, an effort that has been bankrolled to this point mostly by U.S. taxpayers.
A siege mentality prevails at a World Bank unit that investigates allegations of misconduct and corruption in bank-financed projects, an independent panel says. It recommends the group reach out to other departments and outside advisers to deal with its problems.
The scandal-ridden departure of Paul Wolfowitz from the World Bank doesn't end its crisis. The trouble runs deeper.
Robert Zoellick, a seasoned player in international financial and diplomatic circles, won the unanimous approval of the World Bank's board on Monday to become the poverty-fighting institution's next president
The World Bank Monday unanimously approved Robert Zoellick as its president after a controversial two-year term by Paul Wolfowitz, who agreed to resign over a promotion scandal involving his companion.
When Brad Pitt was casting A Mighty Heart, he knew Angelina Jolie would be perfect to star as Mariane Pearl - he just didn't know how to ask.
Healing the wounds and conflicts at the World Bank will be a difficult task in the aftermath of an ethics scandal, Robert Zoellick, the bank's likely next president, said on Monday.
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
U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday he will nominate Robert Zoellick to be the 11th president of the World Bank, replacing Paul Wolfowitz, who was forced to step down.
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz issued this statement Thursday:
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will step down from the position by June 30, according to a joint statement released Thursday by the bank and Wolfowitz.
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed to resign after weeks of controversy over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend, a bank employee, the institution's board of directors announced.
I was the only reporter in the world to talk to embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Wednesday. But it was the briefest "exclusive interview" I've ever had -- and I sort of dropped the ball.
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and the White House were in talks with World Bank officials to work out details of his resignation, senior administration officials told CNN, adding they expect him to leave "soon."
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and the White House were in talks Wednesday afternoon with World Bank officials to work out details of his resignation, senior administration officials told CNN.
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz Tuesday pleaded to the World Bank Executive Board for fairness in deciding his fate and promised changes in his management style in an effort to hold on to his job.
An internal panel concludes World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz violated staff rules in arranging a promotion and pay raise for his girlfriend and questions whether he can still lead the bank, according to its report.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reached out to her European counterparts to voice her support for embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, the State Department said Thursday.
Leading governments of Europe are willing to let the United States again choose the next World Bank president if embattled current President Paul Wolfowitz agrees to step down soon, according to a published report.
The war of words continues to swirl around World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz as he fights to hold on to his job.
The World Bank's executive directors have rejected a request by their embattled president, Paul Wolfowitz, to explain his role in a deal that sent his girlfriend to a new job at the State Department with a hefty pay raise, a source close to the probe told CNN Tuesday.
Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday he has no plans to step down as president of the World Bank, despite questions about his handling of the promotion of his girlfriend to a job at the U.S. State Department.
The president of the United States does not have the sense God gave a duck -- so it's up to us. You and me, Bubba.
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz Tuesday called Africa a "continent of opportunities" and said he would make it his priority in the coming years.
DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, President of the Republic of Congo, was back in New York City in early June, his first visit since last September, when his $82,000 Palace Hotel bill made headlines in this ma...
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo, was back in New York City in early June, his first visit since last September, when his $82,000 Palace Hotel bill made headlines in this magazine and elsewhere.
World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz has pledged to help Indonesia's president rid the country of corruption in the government.
Nations attending a bird flu meeting in the Chinese capital of Beijing had pledged $1.9 billion to fight the disease, a U.S. official said, exceeding expectations set by the World Bank.
The new head of the World Bank has praised a historic agreement by Group of Eight finance ministers to cancel up to $55 billion in foreign debt owed by some of the world's poorest nations.
As expected, the 24 executive directors of the World Bank unanimously voted Thursday to elect Paul Wolfowitz president.
The World Bank board is expected to approve Paul Wolfowitz as its leader one day after the deputy defense secretary received the support of the European Union.
The European Commission says it is satisfied with commitments made by Paul Wolfowitz during talks in Brussels, and Germany said it expected EU states to back him as president of the World Bank.
Paul Wolfowitz, Washington's nominee to head the World Bank, will be in Brussels Wednesday to meet with European Union officials, diplomats said.
European leaders say they will not oppose the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank, despite initial misgivings about his role in the Iraq war.
A European Union summit is set to discuss the controversial U.S. nomination of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz as World Bank president after the candidate agreed to meet officials to explain his views.
In a controversial move, U.S. President George W. Bush has said he believes Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz will be a strong president of the World Bank.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is best known as one of the architects of the Iraq war.
President Bush said Wednesday that Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is his choice to be president of the World Bank.
Rumors are swirling that rock superstar and anti-poverty-crusader Bono could add World Bank president to his resume.
Carly Fiorina, dismissed as chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard last month, has emerged as a candidate to head the World Bank, according to published reports Tuesday.
An Italian journalist was snatched from her car Friday in Baghdad, police said.
A top Pentagon official told lawmakers Thursday that the United States' work in Iraq is not done after Sunday's elections, while post-election violence there killed more than two dozen people in a two-day period.
President Bush is asking Congress for an additional $80 billion -- most of which would pay for the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has called for more tsunami aid relief, but says his nation does not need financial assistance.
Two top Pentagon leaders appeared to express doubts Thursday about interrogation rules applied to military prisoners in Iraq and could not give lawmakers a clear answer on who signed off on them.
The Bush administration's policy in Iraq faced tough questioning Tuesday from lawmakers, some of whom expressed doubts about whether power could be transferred to the Iraqi people by June 30, as planned.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has halted a Pentagon project that would have allowed military personnel, including troops deployed overseas, to vote via the Internet in the November presidential election.
It was a candid statement from the president. Even he is now no longer sure whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction just before the U.S.-led invasion.
"It sounds like maybe they got too imaginative in this area" --Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz on the Pentagon's scrapped plan to create a market for bets on terrorism scenarios
Here's our wish list for 2002: world peace, a speedy end to the recession, full employment, and shirtless photos of News Corp. hunk Lachlan Murdoch. Whoops! Wrong list.
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