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VIENNA, Austria (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met Friday with a scandal-stung predecessor, Kurt Waldheim, and his spokeswoman described the visit as "private and personal" while sidestepping questions about the appropriateness of the meeting.
Waldheim's 1972-82 tenure as U.N. chief was darkened by allegations that he belonged to a German army unit that committed atrocities in the Balkans during World War II. He has always denied it.
Waldheim, 88, was elected president of Austria in 1986 despite an international scandal triggered by revelations about his secretive military service during the war.
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