VATICAN CITY - POPE Benedict XVI has named three new bishops for Vietnam as the Vatican works to restore ties with the Asian nation's communist government.
JAKARTA - INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may retain Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister in the next cabinet, a presidential source told Reuters on Saturday.
MANILA - THE Philippines, which provides a significant number of the world's commercial sailors, said on Saturday it would contribute US$20,000 (S$28,804) to a UN trust fund to support Somali security forces in their fight against piracy.
