Kofi Annan Denies Buying a House in Morroco

A Kofi Annan aide denies that the former secretary general has bought a house in Tangiers. In an unsigned e-mail, an aide in his Geneva office wrote, "Mr. Annan has not bought a house in Tangiers." The e-mail, responding to a question sent Tuesday afternoon, arrived Thursday morning, after the Sun ran a story on the purchase. "Mr. Annan was in Morocco last weekend to deliver a speech at the Assilah Foundation near Tangiers," according to the e-mail.