Published: 11 May 2007
Paul Wolfowitz's fight to save his job is set to continue until at least early next week. Notwithstanding repeated declarations of support from the White House, intense diplomatic manoeuvring between the US and Europe still seems likely to end with the departure of the beleaguered World Bank president.
In a small concession, the bank's executive board has extended until tonight its deadline for Mr Wolfowitz to explain himself, after a special committee found that he had violated ethics rules by arranging a promotion and big pay rise for his partner Shaha Riza when she moved from the bank to the State Department in 2005. continue...
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