Chinese court shows first picture of ousted politician Bo Xilai
JINAN, China (Reuters) – A Chinese court showed the first picture of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai in 17 months as he appeared at the start of his trial on Thursday.
Abuse of power charge against China’s Bo relates to murder case involving wife
JINAN, China (Reuters) – The charge of abuse of power against ousted former politician Bo Xilai relates to the murder case involving his wife, a court in eastern China said on Thursday.
Flamboyant Chinese princeling faces final indignity
BEIJING (Reuters) – The writing was perhaps already on the wall for Bo Xilai, the controversial former top official of China’s southwestern city of Chongqing, when he appeared at last year’s parliamentary meeting, alternately chastened and combative.
Turkish foreign min says clear that chemical weapons used in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister said on Wednesday it was clear from television footage that chemical weapons had been used in an attack near the Syrian capital Damascus and telephoned U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to urge an immediate investiga…
Syria gas ‘kills hundreds,’ Security Council meets
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people on Wednesday by firing rockets that released deadly fumes over rebel-held Damascus suburbs, killing men, women and children as they slept.
Divisive, dramatic case of China’s Bo Xilai comes to trial
JINAN, China (Reuters) – Police blocked entry to a courthouse in the eastern Chinese city of Jinan on Thursday where the trial of ousted politician Bo Xilai is to open, the final, dramatic chapter of the country’s most politically charged case in more …
Divided Egypt prepares to release Mubarak from jail
CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak could leave prison on Thursday after a court ruling that further divided a country in turmoil since the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi seven weeks ago.
U.N. Security Council says ‘clarity’ needed after alleged Syria attack
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday but stopped short of explicitly demanding a probe by U.N. investigators in Syria.
Italy’s Letta meets centre right, fails to resolve problems
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta met with Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party on Wednesday to seek a solution to a stand-off that threatens his fragile coalition, but positions remained “distant”, a government source said.
China to join global crackdown on tax evasion
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – China has agreed to join the international effort by the Group of 20 leading economies to combat tax evasion by signing an agreement to share tax records, the OECD said Wednesday.
