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Replace the G-7, World Bank leader urges

Oct. 6, 2008
The Group of Seven industrialized countries is outmoded and should be replaced with a new entity that would include growing economies in Asia and Latin America, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Monday. He said the financial crises roiling U.S. and...
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BERNE, Switzerland, April 29 (UPI) -- World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick called in Switzerland Tuesday for immediate action on food shortages and denounced the banning of food exports.

Zoellick stresses China's economic role

BEIJING, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- World Bank President Robert Zoellick says China, as a growth engine, can help ward off a global slowdown or even a recession, it was reported Tuesday.

Zoellick defends lending to India

NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Visiting World Bank President Robert Zoellick has justified lending to India, saying despite its economic progress it still has a vast number of poor people.

Zoellick praises Vietnam achievements

HANOI, Vietnam, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Robert Zoellick, making his first trip to Vietnam as World Bank president, praised the country's economic reforms, Thanh Nien News reported Monday.

Zoellick confirmed as World Bank head

WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The World Bank has confirmed that another American will be replacing its outgoing president Paul Wolfowitz.

Zoellick named World Bank president

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Zoellick lobbies for World Bank post

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Bush names Zoellick to head World Bank

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Bush said to tap Zoellick for World Bank

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Push on to pick World Bank leader on merit

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- There is growing demand for the next president of the World Bank to be chosen on professional merit and not out of deference to the U.S. president.

Possible Wolfowitz successors floated

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is being touted as a possible replacement for Paul Wolfowitz, the embattled World Bank president.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler