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Correction: Sierra Leone-Gates Fund story

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

World Bank: Arab World hit hard by climate change

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Market flatlines, pulled by jobless claims, Europe

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Dow falls 128, with Chevron and Alcoa leading way

By Matthew Craft - Associated Press

World Bank set to help Myanmar

By Aye Aye Win - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

WALKER: Rethinking global economic stimulus

By David M. Walker

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference in the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Saturday, April, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

IMF warns Europe not to ease up debt battle

By Harry Dunphy and Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Jim Yong Kim, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next World Bank President, stands in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2012. Kim is currently the president of Dartmouth College. (AP Photo/ Haraz N. Ghanbari)

EDITORIAL: A better World Bank pick

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) is met by Jyotiraditya Scindia, India's commerce minister, as he arrives in New Delhi Wednesday to attend the fourth summit of rising nations known as BRICS. They want more influence in Western institutions. (Associated Press)

Rising powers consider alternative to World Bank, others

By Katy Daigle - Associated Press

Jim Yong Kim, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next World Bank President, stands in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2012. Kim is currently the president of Dartmouth College. (AP Photo/ Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Obama weighs pick for World Bank

By David Hood - The Washington Times

SANDERS: Time to foreclose on the World Bank

By Sol Sanders

Illustration: New Old Europe by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GHEI: The government drag on growth

By Nita Ghei - The Washington Times

The Washington Times

KERRY: U.S. leadership at World Bank remains critical

By Sen. John F. Kerry - The Washington Times

Robert Zoellick

Zoellick steps down as World Bank leader

By Harry Dunphy - Associated Press

Illustration: IMF bailout by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The IMF money grab

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

VERSACE: Expectations game plays out in quarterly reports

By Chris Versace

World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin, right, speaks as Hans Timmer, director of development prospects at the World Bank, look on during a press conference on Global Economic Prospects at the World Bank Office in Beijing, China Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

World Bank warns of global growth slowdown

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Illustration: Infrastructure by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

CHIN: Obama’s infrastructure bank won’t create real jobs

By Curtis S. Chin - The Washington Times

Liberian president in tough battle for re-election

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press