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European leaders turn screws on Wolfowitz

By Krishna Guha in Washington

Published: April 15 2007 03:50 | Last updated: April 15 2007 03:50

European leaders took the lead on Saturday in voicing public criticism of Paul Wolfowitz, the embattled World Bank president, as a divided international community wrestled with whether to press for the Bank chief’s resignation.

Mr Wolfowitz himself, meanwhile, lobbied world finance and development ministers gathered in Washington to stay in the job, chalking up expressions of support from several African leaders and positive remarks from Japan.

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