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A committee investigating the UN's oil-for-food scandal cleared Kofi Annan, the organisation's embattled secretary-general, of impropriety in the award of a multi-million dollar UN contract to Cotecna, a company
for which his son, Kojo, worked. But it castigates his son for lying about his role in the affair and leaves many questions unanswered.

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Warren Buffett, boss of Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to meet regulators investigating a reinsurance contract between AIG, an insurance group, and General Re (a unit of Berkshire Hathaway), which is at the centre of probes into AIG's financial and insurance practices. The legendary investor says he did not have detailed knowledge of the transaction. Meanwhile, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg stepped down as chairman of AIG, two weeks after leaving the post of CEO.

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Activists in Mongolia, inspired by events in Kirgizstan, demanded new elections.

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ING, a large financial group based in the Netherlands, said it was taking a 19.9% stake in the Bank of Beijing.

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An American federal judge and then an appeals court ruled that a vital feeding-tube could not be reinserted into Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged woman. The federal judiciary's involvement came after an extraordinary intervention by Congress, which passed a bill (speedily signed by George Bush) allowing Mrs Schiavo's parents to ask for a fresh ruling after Florida's state courts decided the tube should be removed. Mrs Schiavo's husband argues that his wife would prefer to die.

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Trade negotiators from the European Union and America argued over who was to blame for a breakdown in talks on cutting government subsidies to Airbus and Boeing. The talks, which began in January, sought to avoid formal complaints to the World Trade Organisation, which now seems likely to have to rule on the dispute.

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The Palestinian Authority's security forces are now foiling as many attacks as Israel's forces are, according to an Israeli general.

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Prosecutors in Frankfurt said they would not bring criminal charges against six Citigroup traders alleged to have manipulated euro-area bond markets in a deal last August.

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America's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, visited six Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Japan, South Korea and China. Before embarking on the tour, Ms Rice said she hoped an anti-secession law aimed at Taiwan, which the Chinese parliament passed this week, would convince the European Union not to lift its arms embargo against China.

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Bernie Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom, was convicted for his part in an $11 billion fraud that led to the biggest corporate bankruptcy in America's history. The company's chief financial officer at the time, Scott Sullivan, appeared as a government witness and testified that Mr Ebbers had told him to fiddle the accounts to prop up the firm's share price (Mr Sullivan has already pleaded guilty). Sentencing will be held in June.

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Ugandan delegation begged the International Criminal Court not to indict the leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group that often tortures children. Ugandans worry that the threat of prosecution would scupper efforts to end the civil war by offering amnesty to rebels who surrender.

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The SEC filed a civil lawsuit against the former CEO of Qwest, Joseph Nacchio, and six other former executives. They are accused, among other things, of fraudulently reporting $3 billion in revenue to seal a merger with another telecom company in 2000. The SEC wants the executives to repay bonuses and options accrued during the period. Mr Nacchio denies the charges.

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Russian special forces in Chechnya killed the rebel Chechen leader, Aslan Maskhadov. But although his death gave the Russians a much-needed triumph, it may change little on the ground. The rebels vowed to fight on.

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Sony shook up its management by ditching several board members and naming Sir Howard Stringer, currently head of its American operations, as its new chairman and CEO. It is the first time a foreigner has headed the company. Sir Howard said the new team would “make tough decisions” in an ongoing restructuring that is designed to increase profit margins at the company's struggling consumer-electronics business.

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The presidents of Paraguay and Colombia signed an agreement to co-operate on security and against drug-trafficking. Paraguay's government believes that Colombia's FARC guerrillas had a hand in the recent kidnapping and murder of the daughter of a former president.

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