Croatia's softly spoken 'Mr Clean'
UK Telegraph - 5 hours ago
Ivo Josipovic, the social democrat who was elected Croatia's president on Sunday, capitalises on his image as a soft-spoken intellectual and a squeaky-clean political reputation. Voters, who were seemingly fed up with the graft scandals that engulfed Croatian politics over the past months, turned to Josipovic who had promised to usher in "the return of morals into politics".
Jurist Josipovic wins Croatia presidential vote Reuters
Debt Plan in Argentina Sets Bank Against the President
New York Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO — A disputed plan by President Cristina Fern?ndez de Kirchner of to use billions of dollars in foreign currency reserves to repay debt has inflamed political tensions in that country, Latin America’s third-largest economy. Mrs. Kirchner’s cash-poor government is seeking to use $6.5 billion of Argentina’s nearly $48 billion in central bank reserves to help cover $13 billion in international debt that is due this year.
Argentine Leader in Decisive Battle Wall Street Journal
Religious violence in Malaysia escalates as more churches attacked
UK Telegraph - 20 hours ago
Religious violence in Malaysia escalated on Sunday after three more churches were attacked in an unprecedented wave of assaults on Christian houses of worship. No one was hurt in the latest upsurge of violence which saw two churches firebombed and a third dubbed with black paint in a row sparked by a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use the word "Allah" in place of God in their literature and worship.
Malaysia in an Uproar Over Use of the Word ‘Allah’ New York Times
Hatoyama Scolds Finance Minister
Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago