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  • 2013 Portrait of a President

    12/29/2013 12:48:11 PM PST · by lbryce · 13 replies
    One 'n' or two, they both equally apply.Wishing all my fellow Freepers a great 2014 in that 2013 is the start of something really good.
  • Annan Insists He Won't Resign U.N. Post (wanna bet?)

    12/21/2004 4:35:00 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 36 replies · 755+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/21/04 | Edith M. Lederer - AP
    UNITED NATIONS - Relieved at the end of a "horrible year," Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) insisted Tuesday he has no intention of resigning over an embattled U.N. program to aid Iraqis and will pursue sweeping reforms in his remaining two years in office. At a year-end news conference, the secretary-general said allegations of corruption in the oil-for-food program had "cast a shadow" over the United Nations (news - web sites) and especially over the U.N. relations with the United States, the world body's largest financial contributor. While Annan said he had "the confidence and support" of the...