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Dutch hint at doubts on naming of Wolfowitz

By Reuters in Brussels and James Blitz in London

Published: March 21 2005 02:31 | Last updated: March 21 2005 02:31

The Netherlands hinted at reservations on Sunday about Washington's nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, saying it would be better to have a wider field of candidates.

"It is always elegant to have more than one candidate," Gerrit Zalm, Dutch finance minister, said on the margins of Sunday's European finance ministers meeting. "We now have to judge if he is a capable man."

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