Issue: August 22, 2012   (Archive)
Saturday, May 25, 2013   

Tycoon's arrest rattles Vietnam
A top Vietnamese banking tycoon has been arrested for illegal business activities, sending ripples through financial markets, with the central bank urging the public not to panic.



Divers recover body of politician
Divers recovered the body of one of the Philippines' most influential politicians, three days after a light aircraft carrying him and three others crashed into the sea.

Rape-row candidate told to go
Senior Republicans urged congressman Todd Akin to quit the US Senate race in Missouri over his inflammatory remarks about rape that distracted from the party's nomination next week of Mitt Romney for US president.



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