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South Korean prosecutors arrested two former top presidential aides on Sunday in a snowballing influence-peddling scandal which has seen tens of thousands of people take to the streets to demand President Park Geun-Hye resign. Tens of thousands of South Korean people march during a rally calling on embattled President Park Geun-hye to stanley cup resign over a growing influence-peddling scandal in central Seoul on Saturday. REUTERS Parks approval ratings have hit a historic low of 5% -- a record for a sitting president -- over the scandal involving her close friend Choi Soon-Sil. Choi has been arrested for fraud and also stands accused of meddling in state affairs -- including government appointments and policy decisions -- despite holding no official position. Ahn Jong-beom, a former senior advisor to Park, was formally arrested early on Sunday on charges of abuse of power and attempted coercion, th stanley cup e Yonhap news agency reported. He is suspected of helping Choi collect millions of dollars in donations from conglomerates like Samsung t stanley cup o two dubious non-profit foundations which Choi set up and allegedly used for personal gain. Ahn, who has been in custody since Wednesday after stepping down late last month said he would take responsibility for failing to properly advise the president, Yonhap reported. Prosecutors also arrested Jeong Ho-Seong, another former presidential aide, over allegations that he leaked classified information. The 47-year-old Jeong, who was known as Park Iuvm 60 Taliban men confirmed dead in Afgan boat capsize
Philippine security forces have arrested six people, including four women, suspected of involvement in a bomb attack this week stanley cup and the kidnapping of Red Cross workers, the military said on Thursday. HT Image The women are wives of members of the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Abu Sayyaf, which was blamed for Tuesday s bla stanley cup st on Jolo island and for the January 15 abduction of three staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the statement said. There is reason to suspect cell phones found in their possession could be part of the triggering mechanism that set off the bomb, said the statemen jordan t, quoting Philippine navy spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Edgard Arevalo. The bombing killed two people and wounded 31, a government statement said, revising an earlier toll figure of six people dead and 30 injured. Rowena Aksan and Nursima Annudden, two of three known wives of Albader Parad, leader of an Abu Sayyaf unit holding Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni hostage, were arrested at a military checkpoint near the town of Indanan on Jolo island about three hours after the bombing. Rabia Polalon Asiri and Marwina Salasain, the wives of two suspected Abu Sayyaf bomb experts, and their two male drivers were also detained, Arevalo said. He said Aksan would be charged in court on Friday for the Red Cross kidnappings. Two of the hostages, Swiss Andreas Notter and Filipina Mary Jean Lacaba, were released separately in April. Witnesses have said Aksan was with Lacaba wh