51.   Japanese public prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged Green Cross Corp. president Takehiko Kawano and two former presidents arrested last month in a widening AIDS scandal, news reports said.

52.   Japanese Justice Minister Tomoharu Tazawa found himself embroiled in a widening scandal on Friday, with the media accusing him of a secret deal over religious corporation law.

53.   Kansei Nakano, a senior member of the opposition New Frontier Party, meanwhile announced plans to question the government on the widening scandal.

54.   Leading accounting firm Arthur Andersen, responsible for auditing Enron, signed off on the flawed accounts and has also been drawn into the widening scandal.

55.   Leading accounting firm Arthur Andersen, responsible for auditing Enron, signed off on the flawed accounts and has been drawn into the widening scandal.

56.   Shin has been engulfed in a widening lobbying scandal involving a failed upstart business leader, Jin Seung-Hyun.