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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A powerful aftershock from last month’s tsunami (search)-triggering earthquake and another quake in central Indonesia (search) sparked panic Monday in at least two countries where people feared another giant killer wave. The two quakes, both magnitude 6.3, caused little damage and no reported injuries, and neither generated …

UNITED NATIONS – Investigators probing allegations of impropriety in the United Nations’ Iraqi Oil-for-Food program questioned Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search) about his involvement twice last year and again Tuesday, a U.N. spokesman said. Annan met with former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker (search) and his investigators Nov. 9 and again Dec. …

WASHINGTON – President Bush has named as his top economic adviser an Indiana businessman and former state Republican Party chairman who was one of Bush’s top fund-raisers for both presidential campaigns. Allan Hubbard (search) will replace Stephen Friedman (search), who is leaving government, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said …