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An American businessman stood trial in China on Monday for allegedly heading a violent mob that kidnapped rivals and operated illegal casinos, charges he's said he was tortured into confessing.
Authorities in southern China have accused Vincent Wu of gang crimes but Wu's family and lawyers say he's a law-abiding businessman whose rivals have framed him to seize his assets.
"We are still very confident because our lawyers have all the evidence to prove that he is innocent," said Wu's daughter, Anna Wu, by phone from Guangzhou. "We believe we still have a chance and so we'll hope for the best."
China puts US businessman on trial for mob crimes
Iran agrees to address UN nuke probe
In a significant move, Iran agreed Sunday to provide additional information sought by the U.N. nuclear agency in its long-stalled probe of suspicions that Tehran may have worked on nuclear weapons.
Iran insists it never wanted or tried to develop such arms, and the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was pushing ahead with its investigation with expectations that Tehran would continue to assert that all of its activities it is ready to reveal were meant for peaceful nuclear use.
Israel evicts protesters from Ein Hijleh, West Bank
The Israeli military has removed Palestinian activists protesting at a deserted village in the West Bank.
Dozens of demonstrators had spent a week camping at Ein Hijleh in the Jordan Valley. The final status of the area is a key point of contention in US-brokered peace talks with Israel.
The raid took place as aid agencies expressed alarm at a rise in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property, particularly in the Jordan Valley.
Spain princess testifies in historic fraud probe
Spain's Princess Cristina headed into court Saturday to testify in a historic judicial hearing aimed at helping determine whether she and her husband illegally used company funds for personal expenses, including lavish parties at their modernist Barcelona mansion.
Hundreds of protesters blew shrieking whistles, revved motorcycle engines, honked car horns and chanted "Out with the Spanish crown" just 100 meters (yards) from the side entrance of the courthouse where Cristina was dropped off in a modest Ford C-Max hatchback and filmed by a media horde.
Sochi 2014 begins with teams, classical music and a flying girl
With lights, floats and flying, Russia kicked off the opening ceremony in Sochi as the world turns its attention to the costliest Olympic Games in history.
Spectators from all over the world watched the introduction of athletes that marked the official start of the Winter Olympics.
Light shows and music, lots of it, filled the air, starting at exactly 8:14 p.m. local time, or 20:14 in military time.
Polish investigators in CIA prison probe may seek Guantánamo visit
Polish prosecutors may seek access to terror suspects detained by the U.S. at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for direct questioning as part of an investigation into whether a secret CIA prison operated here in 2002-2003, an official said Thursday.
The prosecutors would need U.S. permission to question prisoners held at Guantánamo and are weighing whether to make the request. Washington has provided little help to Poland’s investigation, which was launched in 2008, and has already denied an appeal from Warsaw for assistance in gathering evidence.
Hijacking of Turkish Aircraft to Sochi Foiled
A passenger aboard a commercial airline flight from Ukraine to Turkey tried to hijack it to Sochi, Russia, on Friday after the Winter Olympics had started there but the plane landed safely in Istanbul and the hijacker was taken into custody, Turkish news reports said.
The passenger, identified as a male Ukrainian national, claimed to be armed with a bomb, the Turkish television stations NTV and CNNTurk quoted a Transport Ministry undersecretary, Habib Soluk, as saying.
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