In The News: Coleman investigates another U.N. program (Star Tribune)

From today's Star Tribune:

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Senate investigation led by Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman charges that North Korean officials used a U.N. economic aid program to launder several million dollars for unknown purposes abroad.

The allegations have parallels to Coleman's investigation of the U.N.'s oil-for-food program in Iraq, which raised hackles with U.N. officials and brought international attention to Coleman, elevating him as a leading congressional critic of the U.N. bureaucracy.

The charges come as the White House is considering removing Pyongyang from the State Department list of state sponsors of terrorism.

(Kevin Diaz, "Coleman investigates another U.N. program," Star Tribune, Jan. 24, 2008)