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| November 10, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: ROD McGUIRK

The Australian government outlined Thursday the scope of a high-powered inquiry into whether an Australian company knowingly made illegal payments to the government of Saddam Hussein under the corruption-riddled U.N. oil-for-food program.

But opposition lawmakers are angry that government ministers and officials will not also be a target of the inquiry.

Retired judge Terence Cole will head the inquiry and will report its findings on monopoly Australian wheat exporter AWB Ltd., formerly known as the Australian Wheat Board, by the end of March, Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Thursday.

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