Wolfowitz's tenure faces fresh test

By Eoin Callan and Krishna Guha in Washington and Hugh Williamson in Berlin

Updated: 29 minutes ago

Paul Wolfowitz's tenure as president of the World Bank faces a further test after the emergence of a classified Pentagon report pointing to a fresh conflict of interest apparently involving his girlfriend, Shaha Riza.

The report said Mr Wolfowitz told Pentagon investigators he enlisted the help of a World Bank employee with whom he had a "close personal relationship" in "activity supporting the war" in Iraq when he was deputy secretary of defence.

This is likely to be viewed as a violation of bank rules by the World Bank's board, according to bank officials.

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