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Recent White House backing for the beleaguered World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, despite the findings of an internal report that said he had violated the Bank's ethics rules, is bringing the role of the U.S. in running the Bank in "undemocratic" ways under scrutiny, with rising calls for Washington to loosen its grip on the institution

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bubba2
May 16, 2007, 12:23 a.m.
From the article --
"As Bank staff, we watched incredulously with the rest of the world as this man demonstrated that he was accountable solely to the leader of a single country, a country which owns only 16 percent of the Bank's shares and whose policies show that it remains unaffected by views of its global neighbors," said the letter referring to the U.S. unilateral style at the Bank.
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ETproductions
May 16, 2007, 1:32 a.m.
Spotlights Bush's corruption and cronyism?
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tehranchik
May 16, 2007, 2:23 a.m.
I hope this blows wide open!
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BravoSierra
May 16, 2007, 9:01 p.m.
Only Japan is standing with the US. It may come to a vote of the Board to oust Wolfowitz. Bush has done more to undermine US influence than any President in history. Countries are now turning away from the US Dollar and to the Euro...a currency that nearly failed 6 years ago...
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ProudBlueTexan
May 16, 2007, 11:32 p.m.
wolfowitz exemplifies the American republican. That's why I say
ABOLISH THE GOP!