Iraq's interim trade ministry is investigating alleged corruption of up to $US40 million involving senior ministry officials, but has backed off initial claims that members of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) authority were implicated. Trade minister Ali Allawi said that he discovered a month ago that a contract for wooden doors worth about $80 million had been manipulated. Mr Allawi had said in an interview that members of the CPA were implicated but on Sunday night, following vehement CPA denials of involvement, said he was mistaken. He said a UN agency, not the CPA, continued to run a program...