Funds

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: 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…

Karzai calls for more control of funds, security (AP)

July 20th, 2010

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul on July 19, 2010. Security is tight in the Afghan capital as a key binternational/b conference unfolds there.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is urging international partners to help his country move toward responsibility for its own security and for government programs as an international conference opens…

Sochi: Russian Olympic Scandals, Short Funds, Strike (Time.com)

March 19th, 2010

Time.com - The Sochi Winter Olympics are still four years away, but Russia is alreadyencountering a host of obstacles, including worker strikes and environmentalcomplaints

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