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Gu Kailai declared ‘main perpetrator’

Gu Kailai declared ‘main perpetrator’


Gu Kailai declared ‘main perpetrator’

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Murder trial of Bo Xilai's wife ends without verdict after less than eight hours but prosecutors signal she will be found guilty

Bo at centre of carefully scripted political drama

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 08:15 AM PDT

Official propaganda cannot conceal that Gu Kailai's trial is part of a much larger, carefully scripted political drama in which her husband's fortunes play a key part

US right wing attacks Zoellick

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 10:48 AM PDT

News of Robert Zoellick's role in Romney campaign prompts rightwing blogosphere to erupt in venom, underlining faultlines in Republican foreign policy establishment

Kenya to lead strike on Somali militants

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 09:43 AM PDT

Raila Odinga, Kenya's PM, tells FT that the target is al-Shabaab's supply base in Kismayu, adding: 'A besieged enemy is like a wounded buffalo'

Spanish savers wait for EU to decide fate

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT

Condition of €100bn EU bank rescue that products sold by local lenders must bear losses means elderly customers could lose all their money

High temperatures scorch Balkans economies

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 08:37 AM PDT

Recovering economies affected by effects of high temperatures within the peninsula and into eastern Italy, Kazakhstan and western Siberia

Syrian rebels seek refuge in religion

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 08:40 AM PDT

As the regime's brutality radicalises the rebel movement, experts say a distinction has to be made between Syrian Salafi groups and global jihadis

Meles absence fuels regional anxieties

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 08:37 AM PDT

Speculation that Ethiopia's prime minister is dead or fatally ill spurs a covert succession struggle in Addis Ababa and sparks fears for wider stability

Chinese data point to sluggish economy

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:21 PM PDT

Chinese output and retail sales slowed in July but a weaker inflation reading of 1.8% opens up more space for the government to stimulate the economy

Olympic medal tests Singapore model

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:35 PM PDT

Singapore is divided over the Olympic success of one of their athletes who only received citizenship in 2008, as anti-immigrant sentiment mounts in the city state

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