Posts Tagged ‘account’

Audit: US cannot account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2009 file photo, Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, 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/Nabil al-Jurani, 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 to show for the massive funds pumped into their cash-strapped, war-ravaged nation.


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Audit: U.S. can’t account for $8.7B in Iraq oil money (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2009 file photo, Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, 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/Nabil al-Jurani, File)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 ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday.


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Audit: US can’t account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2009 file photo, Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, 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/Nabil al-Jurani, File)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 ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday.


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Leaks provide ground-level account of Afghan war (AP)

The United States on Sunday denounced the release of documents that allegedly show Pakistan's military spy service is guiding the Afghan insurgency, National Security Advisor James Jones, pictured in March 2010, said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP – Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures.


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Gore?s masseuse asks tabloid for $1 million for sexual assault account

The Oregon masseuse claiming Al Gore made unwanted sexual advances towards her wanted big bucks for her big story.

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Toyota dismisses account of runaway Prius (AP)

Bob Waltz, Toyota Motor Sales USA Vice President of Product Quality and Service Support, left, speaks as Toyota Motor Sales USA Vice President of Communications Mike Michels looks on during a news conference held Monday, March 15, 2010 in San Diego.  Toyota held the news conference to share preliminary findings of the company's technical investigation into an alleged incident of unintended acceleration involving a 2008 Toyota Prius driven by James Sikes. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP – Toyota dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car’s gas pedal and backup safety system were working just fine.


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The Haiti earthquake: One New York teen’s harrowing account

Long Island native Anne-Joelle Josaphat was attending school and living with her large extended family in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck. After two agonizing days, she got out early Friday. Here is her account.

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