NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 -- India's foreign minister, Natwar Singh, was fired Monday amid charges that he reaped illegal profits from the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq, as the ruling Congress Party sought to contain a burgeoning political crisis over the scandal. -
India's Foreign Minister Fired in Oil-for-Food Scandal
NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 -- India's foreign minister, Natwar Singh, was fired Monday amid charges that he reaped illegal profits from the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq, as the ruling Congress Party sought to contain a burgeoning political crisis over the scandal.-
By John Lancaster