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...body of Sheik Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahayan--half brother of United Arab Emirates President and Abu Dhabi ruler Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan--was retrieved from a Moroccan lake on March 31, five days after his glider crashed there. The death of Sheik Ahmed--managing director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds--has raised fears of a power struggle among his 17 surviving brothers for control of ADIA...
...listed as "known to have carried out executions" in the past year. Iran executed at least 388 people, Iraq at least 120 and Saudi Arabia at least 69. The total of 714 documented judicial killings outside China--a low estimate, Amnesty says--includes 52 in the U.S. The anti-death-penalty group also reported that for the first time since it started keeping track some 30 years ago, there were no executions in Europe...
...Death of a Prince...
After stormy weather appeared to have caused the death of one rescue diver, the South Korean military temporarily halted its search for 46 missing sailors from the Cheonan, a 1,200-ton naval ship that sank in the Yellow Sea on March 26 after an explosion ripped a hole in its hull. Despite initial suspicion of North Korean involvement, authorities have deferred judgment until the ship is recovered...
...death of Kaczynski, who with his brother was a dominant force in Polish politics, brings political uncertainty. A presidential election had been due in October but now must be held within two months, according to the constitution. Kaczynski was widely expected to seek another five-year term as president. Opinion polls had suggested he would lose to Tusk's centrist candidate, Bronislaw Komorowski (who, as speaker of the lower house of parliament, will take over the president's duties in the interim, under the terms of Poland's constitution). But Saturday's tragedy may have changed the political picture...