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  • May 2007

    • White House Support for Wolfowitz Crumbles

      Washington Post  |  May 16, 07 6:26 AM CDT

      White House Support for Wolfowitz Crumbles

      (Newser) - The White House is looking for an exit srategy for besieged World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. After months of unwavering support that failed to soften the bank's European partners, the Bush administration has indicated a willingness to replace him if it can be done without firing, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Bush administration  • White House  • scandals  • Henry Paulson  • investigation  • ethics  • resignation  • World Bank  • Paul Wolfowitz

    • Wolfowitz Blames Ethics Panel and Riza for His Woes

      Washington Post  |  May 15, 07 10:27 AM CDT

      Wolfowitz Blames Ethics Panel and Riza for His Woes

      (Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz fought back aggressively in a written response to the charges that he mishandled a raise and promotion for his girlfriend, the Washington Post reports. The embattled World Bank president claims the ethics committee forced him to handle the transfer himself because Shaha Riza was "extremely angry and upset," and so "intractable" that members feared a lawsuit. More »

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      scandals  • ethics  • World Bank  • Paul Wolfowitz  • Shaha Riza

    • Bank Probe Slams Wolfowitz

      Financial Times (UK)  |  May 15, 07 6:21 AM CDT

      Bank Probe Slams Wolfowitz

      (Newser) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz broke the bank's code of ethics, three bank rules and the terms of his own contract when he ordered pay raises and promotions for his girlfriend, a panel investigating his role concluded. The Financial Times details the withering report, which says Wolfowitz displayed "questionable judgment and a preoccupation with self-interest.” More »

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      scandals  • ethics  • World Bank  • Paul Wolfowitz  • Shaha Riza

    • Murdoch May Have Killed Story on Wife

      Slate  |  May 11, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Murdoch May Have Killed Story on Wife

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch may have muscled an Aussie mag into dropping a profile of his third wife, Slate 's Jack Shafer speculates. Good Weekend suddenly jettisoned a 10,000-word piece on 38-year-old Wendi Deng last month, after paying writer Eric Ellis $25 grand for the heavily-researched story. More »

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      Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • journalism  • ethics  • journalistic ethics  • Wendi Deng

    • Europeans Offer Deal to Make Wolfowitz Quit

      New York Times  |  May 8, 07 7:00 AM CDT

      Europeans Offer Deal to Make Wolfowitz Quit

      (Newser) - European partners in the World Bank have signaled to the White House that they want Paul Wolfowitz to resign, the New York Times reports, and they're willing to let the U.S. appoint his successor to make that happen. After an investigating committee found Wolfowitz guilty of ethical breaches, one European official called his credibility "beyond repair." More »

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      scandals  • ethics  • resignation  • World Bank  • Paul Wolfowitz

    • Troops Bomb Ethics Test

      Washington Post  |  May 5, 07 8:00 PM CDT

      Troops Bomb Ethics Test

      (Newser) - U.S. troops in Iraq flunked a survey on battlefield ethics, according to a Pentagon report published yesterday. Of the 1,767 soldiers interviewed, more than one-third endorse torture, two-thirds would not turn in a team member for abusing civilians, and 10% admit to harassing civilians and vandalizing property—all policies that violate the Army's code of ethics. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • US Army  • military  • American troops  • soldier  • ethics  • mental health

    • Final Frontier Tests Terra Firma Ethics

      CNN  |  May 1, 07 7:49 PM CDT

      Final Frontier Tests Terra Firma Ethics

      (Newser) - As NASA plans a three-year manned mission to Mars during the next three decades, Oregon Trail ethics are being updated. What do you do with bodies of pioneers who don't make it? A new document on crew health from the space agency deals with death and interment where no man has gone before. More »

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      NASA  • space  • astronauts  • Mars  • safety  • ethics  • space exploration  • cosmonaut

  • March 2007

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