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Audit claims Ukrainian officials misspent millions (AP)

October 14th, 2010

AP - The government of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko misappropriated nearly half a billion dollars, according to an audit by three U.S. investigative companies firms released Thursday.

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Audit: US cannot account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)

July 27th, 2010

FILE - In this Jan 24, 2004 file photo, fires flare off the gas from crude oil at Iraq's oldest oil processing plant in the northern Iraqi town of Baba Gurgur, outside Kirkuk, Iraq. A U.S. audit has found that the Defense Department can't properly account for how it spent about 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money earmarked for rebuilding the war-ravaged country.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that there is little…

Audit: U.S. can’t account for $8.7B in Iraq oil money (AP)

July 27th, 2010

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2009 file photo, Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. A U.S. audit has found that the Defense Department can't properly account for how it spent about 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money earmarked for rebuilding the war-ravaged country.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)AP - The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war…

Audit: U.S. can’t account for $8.7 billion in Iraq oil money (AP)

July 27th, 2010

CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING LOCATION AND DETAILS OF BOMB ATTACKbr /<br /></a> Residents pray near the coffin of a victim who was killed in Monday?s bomb attack in Kerbala, before his burial at a cemetery in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad July 27, 2010. Two car bombs exploded near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala in southern Iraq on Monday, killing 19 mainly Shi'ite pilgrims and wounding 54, an Iraqi official said. The car bombs targeted Shi'ite pilgrims visiting Kerbala before the anniversary of Imam Mohammed al-Mehdi's birthday for which several hundred thousand people are expected this week.    REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ) (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT)AP - The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war…

Audit: US can’t account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)

July 27th, 2010

The mother of four-year-old Nasser Hasson holds his injured leg at a hospital in Najaf, Iraq. The child was injured when two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed and injured scores on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war…