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| Chairman of China's Shenzhen Airport Group under investigation for graft | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairman of China's Shenzhen Airport Group is being investigated by the ruling Communist Party for suspected corruption, the party's anti-graft watchdog said on Friday. Wang Yang is suspected of "serious discipline breaches", the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statement, using its usual euphemism for graft but providing no other details. Dozens of senior officials and executives have been caught up in a campaign against corruption launched by President Xi Jinping since he assumed power almost four years ago. ... |
| China says backs Philippines' anti-narcotics campaign | |  China backs Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign and will cooperate with the Southeast Asian country in the war against drugs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Duterte won the presidential election by a huge margin in May after campaigning almost entirely on promises to wipe out drugs and crime. China has also offered support.
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| Anti-Russia blogger stands trial in Belarus | | | By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - A Belarussian court started on Friday a closed trial of a blogger - known for his fierce criticism of Russia - who is accused of inciting hatred and distributing pornography in a case activists say is politically motivated. Edward Palchis, the creator of a Belarussian nationalist website, was arrested earlier this year in Russia and extradited to Belarus where he could face up to four years in prison. The charges against Palchis relate to an online article he wrote in April 2015 in which he reposted xenophobic, lewd and violent memes about Belarus from a Russian social media website to illustrate his argument against Russian internet policy. |
| ICC prosecutor warns Philippines over drug war killings | |  The International Criminal Court may have the jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' crackdown on drugs, a prosecutor at the Hague-based tribunal said. Nearly 2,300 people have died since Duterte started the campaign on June 30, according to police, of which 1,566 were drug suspects killed in police operations. "I am deeply concerned about these alleged killings and the fact that public statements of high officials of the republic of the Philippines seem to condone such killings," ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement.
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| Hardline Muslim groups protest over Jakarta's ethnic Chinese governor | |  By Kanupriya Kapoor and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thousands of hardline Muslims rallied in Jakarta on Friday in protest against the city's ethnic Chinese and Christian governor, further fuelling ethnic tensions ahead his re-election bid in February. Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known by his nickname "Ahok", became Jakarta's first ethnic Chinese governor in 2014, but hardline Muslims have opposed his rise to power. Speaking on the sidelines of the demonstration, Forum Umat Islam Secretary General Muhammad al Khaththath didn't single out Purnama, but said leaders should be Muslim "because that is what the Koran calls for." Ahok has gained a reputation for being a tough reformer, and has recently come under attack from Muslim groups for comments about the Koran.
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| Turkey could hold referendum on presidential system by spring - minister | |  Turkey could hold a referendum on changing the constitution and introducing a presidential system before the spring, its justice minister said on Friday, days after the government revived plans that would hand incumbent Tayyip Erdogan greater powers. The stronger presidency long wanted by Erdogan is a deeply divisive issue in Turkey, with his supporters adamant it will give the nation of 78 million the strong leadership it needs, but opponents afraid of creeping authoritarianism. "If the parliament puts the issue on its agenda and makes a quick decision, the referendum will be brought to the people quickly, even before the spring," Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told the Kanal 24 television station.
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| Japan withholds UNESCO funding after Nanjing Massacre row | |  Japan has withheld its 2016 funding for the UN heritage body UNESCO, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday, following its decision last year to include documents about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in its "Memory of the World" programme. "We gave an explanation yesterday to a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party on how payment of our contribution has yet to be made," Kishida told reporters, referring to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party.
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| Phoenix woman removes handcuffs, hangs herself in police van - police | | | A woman arrested in Phoenix for domestic violence and assaulting a police officer slipped out of her handcuffs and hung herself with a shoelace from a vent in the back of a police van, authorities said on Thursday. The woman was rushed to hospital unconscious after the officers driving the van tried to revive her, but she was not expected to survive, a Phoenix police statement said. Last year, Sandra Bland, an African-American woman, was found dead with a trash bag around her neck in her cell at a jail in Waller County, Texas, where she was arrested at a traffic stop. |
| As elephants die, Jharkhand to set up Wildlife Crime Control Cell | | | Ranchi, Oct 14 (ANS) Jharkhand has seen the deaths of a staggering 156 elephants -- or nearly a fifth of its pachyderm population -- since it was carved out of Bihar in November 2000, prompting the state to set up a Wildlife Crime Control Cell to draw up short- and long-term measures to prevent further deaths and resolve growing animal-human conflicts. Elephants have been losing their lives at the rate of almost 10 a year in the state for a variety of reasons -- from electrocution to being run over by trains, and poaching to consuming poisonous substances. In the most recent incident, late last month, two elephants, including a calf, died after being hit by a speeding train near Gautam Dhara railway station some 30 km from the state capital. |
| Thailand faces uncertainty, grief without King Bhumibol | |  By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of weeping Thais on Friday lined the route the body of their beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej will take to the riverside Grand Palace ahead of a funeral and a traditional royal cremation that will need months to prepare. The world's longest-reigning monarch, who was worshipped as a father figure during his 70-year reign, died in a Bangkok hospital on Thursday. Military government leader Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday security was his top priority and he ordered extra troops deployed around the country.
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| Honduran president warns of drug cartel plan to assassinate self, U.S. envoy | |  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Thursday authorities were investigating an alleged plan by a drug cartel to assassinate him and the U.S. ambassador to the Central American country, James Nealon. A conservative lawyer who came to power in 2014, Hernandez has reined in homicides with a tough policy against drug cartels that use Honduras as a base to move cocaine into the United States, amid concerns expressed by rights groups. It was not immediately clear what role the cartel played in the plan. The revelation comes a day after Honduran army captain Santos Orellana, under investigation by the United States for alleged corruption and narco-trafficking ties, accused the Drug Enforcement Agency of pressuring him to testify against the president's brother over a plot to kill the U.S. ambassador. In a letter to Congress on Thursday, the president's brother, Juan Antonio Hernandez, denied any link to illegal activities, and said he was willing to cooperate with any investigation. Human rights groups have warned against possible violations by security forces in Honduras as they crack down on gangs.
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| Invest in cities now or face 2.5 billion discontent urbanites by 2050, report warns | |  By 2050, 2.5 billion people, a bigger population than China and India combined, will move into the world's cities, said the World Resources Institute (WRI), a Washington, D.C.-based group. "For many rapidly urbanizing cities, the challenge is to deliver quality core services that are affordable, reach more people and are less resource intensive than traditional solutions," said Victoria Beard, the report's lead author. Despite the challenges, some fast-growing cities in poor countries are on the right track, the WRI report said.
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| As Thais mourn, tourists cautioned against behaving badly | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Embassies in Thailand have advised tourists to respect the feelings of the Thai people following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a man seen as a father-figure in the country. King Bhumibol, who was the world's longest-reigning monarch, died on Thursday aged 88, sparking an outpouring of grief. The cabinet declared a government holiday for mourning on Friday but the Stock Exchange of Thailand and banks operated normally.
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| Canadian court rules Trump can face claims in Toronto tower case | |  By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can be pursued for some claims made by investors in a hybrid hotel-condo tower in Toronto bearing his name, according to a Canadian court ruling released on Thursday. An Ontario appeals court reversed an earlier decision to throw out a case brought against Trump and associates by the investors, who said they were misled into investing in the development in Toronto's financial district. "There would be no factual or legal basis to hold my client liable, principally because my client did not enter into a contract with any of the buyers, did not sell anything to any of the buyers, and did not receive any money from any of the buyers," said Alan Garten, general counsel for the Trump Organization.
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