Italian prosecutors have now detained the former head of the Vatican’s bank after searching his home and former office for suspected criminal behavior. Catholics and followers of the Holy See will be disappointed to learn that the Vatican’s bank appears to be embroiled in yet another financial scandal.
Opposition parties unite to survive;
Magnitsky Act stalls in committee
For all their ideological fervor, revolutions in practice tend to be fairly predictable affairs. More often than not, when the initial groundswell of popular discontent recedes, the best-organized and most ideologically cohesive political factions assume power and proceed to run the show according to their own preferences.
Taiwan opposition seeks new leader;
Russia and China celebrate relations "
at an all time high"
Nasheed nominated for Maldivan presidential race;
Economic reforms in Myanmar;
India, U.S. plan trilateral talks with Myanmar;
Indian fleet gets unsolicited escort from China;
Taliban calls a ban on polio vaccinations;
India get U.S. waiver on Iran sanctions