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Washington backs Zoellick for top job at World Bank WASHINGTON: Robert Zoellick, tapped by President George W Bush to take over as president of the World Bank, may prove to be the antidote to his ousted predecessor, Paul Wolfowitz. Officials who’ve worked with Zoellick describe him as...

US President George W Bush on Wednesday nominated former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick as the next World Bank head, replacing Paul Paul Wolfowitz, who was forced to resign over a favouritism scandal. The formal announcement was made at the White House by the President who praised...