Thousands of firms paid Saddam bribes, kickbacks - report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): MORE THAN 2,200 companies, including major concerns like DaimlerChrysler, Siemens and Volvo, made illicit payments totalling $1.8 billion to Saddam Hussein's government during the U.N. oil-for food programme, a report said...
Sharon says UN should expel Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters): ISRAELI PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday Iran should be expelled from the United Nations after its president called for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map".
Bush's Supreme Court nominee Miers withdraws
WASHINGTON (Reuters): PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush's nominee for the United States Supreme Court, White House counsel Harriet Miers, abruptly withdrew from consideration yesterday after mounting criticism from the right and the left about her credentials...
UN payouts for Gulf War claims top US$20 billion
GENEVA (Reuters): THE UNITED Nations (U.N.) yesterday paid out a further US$654 million to people, companies and countries who demonstrated losses due to Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, taking total payments to US$20 billion.
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