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Son of Chinese general denies gang rape, inflames public anger

YoopyaAug 28, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – The teenage son of a prominent Chinese general denied the charge of gang rape on Wednesday, inflaming public anger in a case that

Analysis: U.S. could look beyond U.N. Security Council in any Syria strike

YoopyaAug 27, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – In the face of a U.N. Security Council deadlocked on Syria, the United States and its allies could seek other means of legitimizing any

As Bo trial ends in China, prosecutor demands severe punishment

YoopyaAug 26, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – Chinese prosecutors demanded a heavy sentence for ousted top politician Bo Xilai as his divisive, dramatic trial ended on Monday, saying his “whimsical”

U.N. experts in Syria head to site of poison gas attack

YoopyaAug 26, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – U.N. inspectors left central Damascus on Monday to investigate sites of an alleged chemical weapons strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital,

Police arrest second suspect in Mumbai gang rape

YoopyaAug 24, 2013April 21, 20240

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police on Saturday arrested a second man in the gang rape of a young photojournalist in the Indian financial hub of

U.S. repositions naval forces, no decision on Syria strike

YoopyaAug 24, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday was repositioning naval forces in the Mediterranean to give President Barack Obama the option for an armed strike on Syria, although

U.N. pushes Syria for chemical probe, activists send samples

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – The United Nations stepped up demands on Syria for access to rebel-held Damascus suburbs hit by an apparent poison gas attack as activists sought to smuggle samples

China’s Bo calls wife mad after she testifies against him

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai called his wife insane on Friday after she testified at his landmark trial that he knew of money

Syria opposition demands urgent U.N. probe into alleged chemical attacks

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – Syria’s opposition demanded on Thursday that United Nations chemical weapons inspectors immediately investigate a besieged rebel-held region hit by an alleged chemical weapons

China vets brokerages’ computer systems after $3.8 billion buy error

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – China’s more than 110 brokerages will come under government scrutiny after Everbright Securities mistakenly made 23.4 billion yuan ($3.82 billion) of buy orders, collectively the