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Fallen Official’s Trial Begins in China

Fallen Official’s Trial Begins in China


Fallen Official’s Trial Begins in China

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:34 PM PDT

The trial of Bo Xilai, once a rising star in the Communist Party, began Thursday morning in a closed-door hearing in a provincial capital.
    






Chinese Manufacturing Sector Unexpectedly Grows

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 08:54 PM PDT

The surprise rise in the purchasing managers' index in August provided the latest indication that the world's second-largest economy appears to have bottomed out after many months of slowing growth.
    






Secret Court Rebuked N.S.A. on Surveillance

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 08:20 PM PDT

A 2011 ruling held that the N.S.A. had violated the Constitution for several years by gathering tens of thousands of domestic communications unrelated to terrorism.
    






For Art Dealers, a New Life on the Fair Circuit

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 08:20 PM PDT

Dealers are now traveling to art fairs from Miami to Hong Kong to Basel to São Paulo, but this globalization of the market is easier for galleries with deep pockets — smaller ones are at a disadvantage.
    

Sharapova, Citing Shoulder Injury, Will Miss Open

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 07:25 PM PDT

Third-seeded Maria Sharapova, who had an uncharacteristically tumultuous summer, has bursitis in her right shoulder. It is the same shoulder she had surgery on in 2008.
    






Mystery Virus That’s Killed 47 Is Tied to Bats in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:32 PM PDT

Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome has sickened 96 people over the past 15 months, killing 47.
    

Memo From New Delhi: Rival Economists in Public Battle Over Cure for India’s Poverty

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:14 PM PDT

The economists Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati offer opposing views on how India can pull millions of people out of poverty.
    

China Boss’s Fall Puts Focus on a Business Ally

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:38 PM PDT

Xu Ming is in custody, and one of his most important relationships has become a central piece of evidence in the trial of the former Politburo member Bo Xilai.
    

Defense Tries to Soften Image of Soldier Who Killed 16 Afghans

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:37 PM PDT

Lawyers for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales began making their case Wednesday to a military jury that their client should not spend the rest of his life in prison for massacring 16 civilians in Kandahar Province in 2012.
    

Sanctions Against Iran Mean a Tennis Referee Can’t Work at the Open

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:28 PM PDT

Adel Borghei, an Iranian umpire and referee, was selected to work at the United States Open — and then he wasn't.
    

No Clarity From Fed on Stimulus, Upsetting Wall St.

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:25 PM PDT

Fed watchers offered very different analyses after the minutes of the central bank's July meeting were released, sending the stock market lower.
    

For Mali’s New President, Corruption Issue Lingers

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:04 PM PDT

Now that it has elected a new president, Mali's greatest enemy may not be Muslim extremists, but the corruption that has lingered for decades.
    

Cyprus Bank’s Bailout Hands Ownership to Russian Plutocrats

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 04:38 PM PDT

Months after the European Union bailout of Cyprus's banks, Russian shareholders have become majority owners, at least on paper, of the country's largest financial institution.
    






At Dachau, Merkel Warns of Extremism

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:44 PM PDT

The chancellor, who spoke about the dangers of extremism, drew criticism from rivals for wedging the visit in between campaign stops.
    

Mubarak to Be Transferred to House Arrest

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:56 PM PDT

The order, announced by the Cabinet, did not specify when the transfer would take place or where former President Hosni Mubarak would be moved, but it could happen as early as Thursday.
    






N.S.A. Collected Thousands of Domestic Communications

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:44 PM PDT

The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions showing how it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years.
    

Catholic Push to Overhaul Immigration Goes to Pews

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Bishops and priests across the country will preach a coordinated message next month backing changes that include a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants.
    

Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for a Pivotal Leak of U.S. Files

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Bradley Manning, 25, who provided WikiLeaks with more than 700,000 files, will be eligible for parole in about seven years.
    






Tension Rises for Trial of China’s Fallen Party Leader

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Bo Xilai, whose wife was convicted of murder, is charged with taking bribes, corruption and abuse of power.
    






Defendant in Fort Hood Shooting Rests His Case

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan declined an opportunity to counter hundreds of witnesses and pieces of evidence prosecutors have used.
    

DealBook: Currency Volatility Is Unnerving Investors

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 07:08 AM PDT

The experiences in many emerging markets are the flip side of the economic situation in the United States, where the economic data has recently been improving.
    

Swimming: The Towering Face of French Swimming

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:46 AM PDT

A multiple world and Olympic champion, Yannick Agnel is leading a renaissance in his sport.
    

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