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Article: Scandal Worries Australian Wheat Farmers
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- April 12, 2006
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ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-12-2006
Dateline: CANBERRA, Australia
Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrives to give out medals for the Men's 50m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games at the Sports and Aquatic Center in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday March 18, 2006. Prime Minister Howard will provide a written statement Tuesday, April 11, into an inquiry probing the Australian monopoly wheat exporter's involvement in corruption of the U.N's oil-for-food program. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
The last thing Australian wheat farmer Philip Hill needed, after surviving five years of crippling drought, was a scandal enveloping the country's monopoly wheat seller.
Hill, 54, is ...