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U.N. Decides Not To Pay Legal Bills Of Ex-Oil Official
By Colum LynchWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, March 29, 2005; Page A11

" UNITED NATIONS, March 28 -- The United Nations reversed a commitment to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for a senior U.N. official who was accused of ethical lapses while administering the $64 billion oil-for-food program in Iraq. ... "