Generate a short summary: a retired chairman of the board of tyco international ltd. testified the company 's financial monitors never told him about millions of dollars in forgiven loans and bonuses for tyco 's two top executives .
Answer: former tyco chairman says he was not told about forgiven loans and bonuses

egypt 's foreign minister said his country is not obliged to follow u.s. directives to freeze assets of suspected terrorist groups .

Short summary: egypt not obliged to follow u.s. terrorism directives says foreign

IN: dr. william a. meissner 's favorite times teaching occurred as the workday began , when responsibility for patients was handed over from one set of caregivers to the next at new england deaconess hospital .
summary: william meissner ; pathologist taught at harvard medical

Problem: an inquiry into multimillion dollar kickbacks paid by australia 's monopoly wheat exporter to former iraqi dictator saddam hussein is expected to recommend criminal charges against several senior executives .

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A: australian inquiry into u.n. oil-for-food scandal to issue final report next week

question: standing before a crowd of applauding house republicans in the capitol hill club last march , rep. tom delay , r-tex .

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summary: delay 's years of strict enforcement fundraising success over

question: just hours from a government deadline , a united nations envoy continued meeting with commanders of colombia 's largest leftist rebel army to try to revive peace negotiations .

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u.n. envoy resumes talks with colombian rebels trying to save peace