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  • Maurice Strong steps aside from UN post

    04/21/2005 1:30:58 PM PDT · by Shermy · 23 replies · 1,877+ views
    Globe and Mail ^ | April 21, 2005 | ALAN FREEMAN AND PAUL WALDIE
    WASHINGTON and TORONTO — Canadian Maurice Strong agreed to step aside Wednesday as a special envoy for the United Nations, but vowed to clear his name after being linked to Tongsun Park, a Korean lobbyist charged in connection with the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. At the same time, new details emerged about a Calgary oil company in which Mr. Strong and his son, Fred, were major investors during the 1990s together with Mr. Park -- whom the younger Mr. Strong described as "a spooky guy." Shareholders in Cordex Petroleums Inc. also included CSL Group Inc., the holding company owned by Prime...