Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Hungry Like The Wolf
It seems as if Paul Wolfowitz is the leading candidate to become president of the World Bank, replacing James Wolfensohn.

The nomination of Mr Wolfowitz, one of the chief architects of the Iraq war and a former US ambassador to Indonesia, would likely be highly controversial, and could raise new questions about the process by which the World Bank chief is selected. One administration official said his nomination “would have enormous repercussions within the development community”.

Wolfensohn to Wolfowitz? I don't think I even need to ask which CNN anchor would be reporting on this one...