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Wolfowitz wins time to fight ethics probe

By Eoin Callan and Krishna Guha in Washington, Hugh Williamson in Berlin and John Thornhill in Paris

Published: May 10 2007 15:19 | Last updated: May 10 2007 23:42

The World Bank board has bowed to pressure from the US Treasury to give Paul Wolfowitz more time to respond to findings that he broke the bank’s ethics rules, in a move directors hope will satisfy US concerns about due process.

In a statement late on Wednesday, the board said the bank president would have until close of business on Friday to make “final comments” on the draft findings of a panel that investigated his role in awarding a pay and promotion package to his girlfriend Shaha Riza.

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