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The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo makes a rare appearance outside house arrest as her brother goes on trial for fraud in Beijing.
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US security officials face questions in Congress over whether they mishandled information about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago.
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Experts say creating better system will mean making tough political decisions that are likely to meet serious oppositionRen Yong's smart new clothes are an instant giveaway: although he is resting in his parents' house in the muddy village of Lijiagou, he is on a brief visit...(more)
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Police are 'currently assessing remarks' by John Cherry, who has resigned and apologised for 'thoughtless' commentsPolice are looking into "thoughtless and extremely foolish" remarks about immigrant children by a former Conservative party councillor.Sussex police said they have received two complaints about comments made by John Cherry...(more)
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Wife of jailed Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo is normally under house arrest but is allowed out for trial of brotherThe wife of the jailed Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been seen in public for the first time in more than two and...(more)
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Finnish phone-maker filed claim over parts in Taiwanese company's handset which it says used its HAAC technologyFinnish phone maker Nokia has won a court injunction banning HTC from using microphone parts made by STMicroelectronics in its flagship HTC One phones, in a move that will deepen...(more)
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Regime says it will not sit down at negotiating table with US until it is recognised as having the right to nuclear weaponsNorth Korea has demanded to be recognised as a nuclear weapons state, rejecting a US condition that it agree to give up its nuclear...(more)
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Two guards injured in first such attack in Libyan capital since the 2011 warThe French embassy in Libya was hit by a car bomb on Tuesday, injuring two guards in the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the 2011 war that led to the...(more)
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Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser planned to derail Toronto passenger train backed by 'al-Qaida elements' in Iran, say policeTwo men were expected to appear in court in Toronto on Tuesday charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from "al-Qaida elements"...(more)
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Police say men had direction and guidance from al-Qaida elements in Iran and that attack was still at the planning stageTwo men were arrested on Monday night and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida "elements" in Iran,...(more)
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Nineteen-year-old suspect could face death penalty after prosecutors charge him over Boston marathon bombing that left three people deadDzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was charged at his hospital bed on Monday with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass...(more)
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Eleven racehorses test positive for anabolic steroids, in one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history
