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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday rejected the latest allegations suggesting his government knew about alleged kickbacks paid by the country's monopoly wheat exporter to Saddam Hussein under the U.N. oil-for-food program.
The denials came one day after evidence emerged that senior officials in Howard's government were warned by an Australian diplomat in April 2001 that Iraq was demanding bribes from Australia's main wheat export company, AWB Ltd., in violation of U.N. sanctions.
The evidence came in the form of a diplomatic cable written by an officer at Australia's mission to the United Nations, and sent to Howard and members of his Cabinet.
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