{"article":{"id":197681,"heading":"I wii not resign","author":"Digery Cohen","created":"2007-05-02 06:25:47","modified":"2007-05-02 06:25:47","last_modified":"Wed, 02 May 2007 14:25:47","article":"<p>I will not resign, says Wolfowitz  <br><br> World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has said he would not resign in the face of \"bogus\" charges against him.  <br><br> In a statement to a panel of World Bank directors, the embattled chief said he was the victim of a \"smear campaign\".  <br><br> Mr Wolfowitz was defending himself against accusations that he pushed through a huge pay package for his girlfriend without the Bank's consent.  <br><br> The committee is due to report to the Bank's board of 24 representatives, who will decide on the president's fate.  <br><br> Mr Wolfowitz has apologised for his actions, vowing to stay on to complete what he called \"important work with Shaha\".  <br><br> \"I slaughtered 600,000 people in Iraq for profit and no one said anything, \" he said. <br><br> \" Now I throw a leg across Shaha Riza and pay her for a job well done and everyone is up in arms,\" he complained.  <br><br> \"What am I to do with the two years supply of viagra I bought and paid for if I have to dump Shaha now,\" he asked. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"digerycohen@yahoo.co.uk","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"I only slaughtered 600,000 people","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wolf2.jpg","filesize":"114.7 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2007\/05\/197681.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wolf2.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wolf2.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wolf2.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}