Bo Xilai reveals dramatic tale of punch-ups and marriage split

Chinese political rejects accusation of embezzlement but admits breakdown in relations on the third day of the event

charge fell Bo Xilai dramatic peak until the third day closed on Saturday, when he confronted Bo Wang Lijun, his former second in command of the history of murder and intrigue that precipitated his downfall.

Wang, 53, a police captain in the southwestern Chongqing Municipality, while Bo was the leader of the Communist party, the court revealed new details about the consequences of a murder November 2011, which broke the two apart. Bo Gu Kailai woman poisoned British businessman Neil Heywood in a hotel in Chongqing on a real estate deal gone bad, and Wang, fearing reprisals from Bo for his research on the case, fled to the U.S. consulate. UU. in a nearby town in search of political asylum.

Bo, 64, is on trial in Jinan, capital of the coastal province of Shandong, on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power. The charismatic former minister of Commerce, once considered a contender for some of the key political positions in China, has maintained an attitude of courage challenge over the past three days, refusing categorically that most central costs of the prosecution. The trial enters its fourth day Sunday.

Wang told the court that he had informed the assassination Bo Bo January 28, 2012 and reached their investigation of the case by the agents of intimidating subordinates. "It was very dangerous at that time," he said. "I first experienced violence, the staff around me and the investigators in the case have disappeared." Not only is a witness.'m a victim of Bo Xilai case. "

last year, Wang, once known for its erratic professional behavior, often terrifying - would have appreciated autopsies staff - was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of abuse of power, desertion and taking bribes. Gu serving a suspended death sentence for the murder of Heywood.

In court, said Gu Bo Heywood said he had died of a heart attack after drinking in excess and that Wang had fabricated the story to fit his murder. At first it was believed that his wife ".? Thought Gu Kailai is a fragile woman, who could not kill, and their relationship was very good Wang Lijun How this issue could be released soon"

On the morning of January 29, Bo Wang found in his office, was hit in the face in front of other officers and removed him from office. "I found the edge of the bleeding from the mouth and fluid draining from the ear," recalled Wang A week later, Wang fled to the U.S. consulate near Chengdu and explained the details of the incident to stunned diplomats before leaving the consulate of their own.

• Bo told the court he was ashamed of the way he handled the defection of Wang "I was not able to behave coldly at a critical moment and made serious errors of judgment "he said, according to a transcript of the court. "So they have some responsibility for the leak Wang Lijun and I feel very bad about it."
Testimony

Wang was not the only surprise of the day. Bo also revealed details of his dysfunctional family life - he was separated from his wife a year -. And admitted to having an affair

Gu was furious when he learned, he said, and left with his son, Bo Guagua, now studying at Columbia Law School in New York. "She just decided Bo Guagua to go to a foreign school and went" Bo said. Their marriage never recovered.

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David Cameron urged to raise human rights with Burma's Thein Sein

activists want the Prime Minister to release the former military chief on violence against Muslims in Burma

David Cameron is under pressure to raise human rights in negotiations Monday with Burmese President Thein Sein, the country's first leader to visit Britain for over a quarter century.

Thein Sein should talk trade, aid and democracy with Cameron and his ministers during a two-day visit at a time when Burma opens its telecommunications, oil and gas and for investors foreigners.

Thein Sein, a former military commander, the West wants to help the economy of Burma to recover from decades of military dictatorship, the Soviet-type planning and international sanctions.

Western leaders have praised him to end the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, the release of some political prisoners, and allow the opposition to participate in a election.

But they want to release the grip of the army before the presidential elections of 2015, the British-educated Suu Kyi is expected to contest. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, visited Britain last year.

• Thein Sein is also under pressure to act to protect the Muslim minority in Burma against ethnic violence.
• "Cameron should not miss an important opportunity to push the president of Burma justice for crimes against humanity committed against Muslims in the country, the release of political prisoners or repressive laws" Human Rights Watch said.

At least 237 people have died in Burma of religious violence in the past year and about 150,000 have been displaced. Most of the victims were Muslim Rohingya, according to the UN.

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John Kerry's wife Teresa Heinz Kerry taken to hospital in Massachusetts

spokesman for the hospital said 74-year-old in critical but stable

John Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, was transported by ambulance to a hospital on the island of Nantucket Massachusetts on Sunday with unspecified medical condition.

A spokesman for the hospital, Noah Brown said 74-year-old Heinz Kerry reached the ground in critical condition, and remains, although it has stabilized.

• The source close to the family said: ".. She was attacked around 16 pm and taken by ambulance to a local hospital He (Kerry) is with her "

source refused to provide information on the health of Heinz Kerry does not mean that the trip to the hospital from the family home was needed for a "medical condition" rather than an accident.

Kerry and his wife have traveled extensively in Nantucket, an island about 30 miles off the southern coast of Cape Cod, where many wealthy Americans - executives and managers of hedge funds to heirs of fortunes New England - have summer homes.

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Guant?namo authorities 'planning Ramadan force-feeding factory'

New

legal filing says the project to continue to feed at night during the holy month will be dangerous for the health of prisoners

lawyers representing four detainees on hunger strike at Guantanamo have accused the U.S. government is preparing to make a "factory feeding" in the camp during the holy month of Ramadan.

In a new court filing submitted in federal court in Washington, lawyers for the men say that the meals during Ramadan lead to a massive use of restraint chairs, require hundreds of employees to manage and could be dangerous to the health of prisoners. "If it can still be achieved, Guantanamo Bay facility will become a real booster," the lawyers wrote.

In response to the legal challenges before the U.S. government has refused to suspend forced through tubes directly into the stomach of detainees during Ramadan diet. About 45,106 men of all are currently on hunger strike are fed enterally it.

The government defends the practice, saying it is "human medical care and high quality in order to preserve life and health." When Ramadan begins Monday respects fasting during the day if possible, and the force of power must be performed before sunrise or after sunset. However, the government added a condition, which implies that the forced feeding during the day may be necessary, taking into account "any situation unforeseen emergency or operational issues. "

• Four hunger strikers are difficult to clear up in court: Shaker Aamer, a British resident who was detained without trial at Guantanamo for more than 11 years, Ahmed Belbacha Hadjarab and Nabil Abu Wael. His lawyer, Cori Crider of Reprieve rights and Jon Eisenberg, held in the new court filing that the forced feeding at night will have a dramatic impact.
• note that the strength of nutrition normally twice a day, the process can take up to 30 minutes and held, then placed in a "dry cell" without water for two hours, a attempt to prevent vomiting. Between sunset and sunrise - the first day of Ramadan will be held at 7:44 p.m. ET to 6:28 am at the U.S. naval base in Cuba - there will only be 10 hours and 44 minutes available for keepers fields for two PTO each of the 45 detainees involving an hour in total, noon and up to four hours of observation of man.
• The presentation suggests it might require "tens of restraint chairs and hundreds of employees. Held fasting, they can not drink water during the hours of the day of Ramadan, will spend up to four hours at night without access to water while under physical stress, putting them at risk high dehydration and lack of sleep. "

The hunger strike began in February in protest against the legal vacuum in which most of the 166 Guantanamo detainees are in and against the failure of President Obama to fulfill his promise of 2008 close to the field. In May, Obama said he would redouble efforts to close Guantanamo down, lamenting that he had "become a global symbol of an America that mocks the rule of law."

The four strikers appeal to a U.S. court for the District of Columbia prohibit the feeding at Guantanamo in general and especially during Ramadan. His lawyers argue that the practice extends indefinite detention, which is itself a violation of human rights.

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Egypt convicts US NGO workers

Sixteen Americans - including Transportation Secretary Sam LaHood son - from 43 persons guilty of receiving funds from abroad

A Cairo criminal court sentenced 43 NGO workers, including at least 16 Americans, to operate without a license and receiving foreign funds. The case has caused international outrage, acidification relationships between Egypt and the United States, and the inflamed inner fears about the possibility of foreign funds to influence political affairs.

Twenty-seven of the defendants, who were tried in absentia, were sentenced to prison terms of five years. Eleven of those who attended the trial received sentences of one year and five received two years. The judge also ruled that Makram Awad non-governmental organizations working for the accused must be closed in Egypt.

most Americans - including Sam LaHood, son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood - had already left the country. LaHood received a sentence of five years.

The case dates back to December 2011, when police carried out 17 armed NGO offices in Cairo raids, arresting employees and equipment seized. Forty-three employees of organizations such as the National Democratic Institute and funded by the U.S. government (NDI) and Freedom House, were eventually prosecuted for illegally in Egypt.

According to Egyptian law, NGOs must be officially registered with the government. However, critics argue that the law is ambiguous. According to Article 5 of this law governing civil society organizations that do not receive a reply to your registration within 60 days are considered legal.

As the judge delivered his verdict, shocked cries were heard in the room. Speaking on Tuesday, the defendants told the guard they were sure that there was no legal basis for the lawsuit.

• NGOs said the government was aware of his activities during his stay in Egypt. NDI yet received official permission for the audit of the country's first democratic elections after the fall of Hosni Mubarak.
• Speaking outside the courtroom, defense attorney Dr. Rafat Osman said the verdict was rushed and did not follow due process. "They did not follow the procedures and considerations appropriate Egyptian law," he said. Defendants will appeal their sentences confirmed.

arrests in December 2011 soured relations between the governments of Egypt and America, and NGO staff pictures appear in court in an iron cage, attracted criticism from Western governments groups and civil society.

There was no immediate comment from Washington's decision Tuesday, but is likely to be met with dismay by the Obama administration.

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Ringfenced school sport investment welcomed by Olympic athletes

Announcement

comes after Michael Gove has been forced to accept the money should go to sports in primary schools

a long deferral ? 150m sport in primary school, announced Saturday, was well received by Olympic athletes such as Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis after Education Secretary Michael Gove was forced to accept that the money must be reserved.

sports governing bodies such as the Football Association, the Rugby Football Union and the Lawn Tennis Association coaches should improve their links with primary schools in the system. Premier League clubs are also committed to the training and experience.

one long-standing dispute between the Ministry of Health, which is ? 60m per year in the new plan and insisted that the money be set aside for sport, and the Ministry of Education, which will invest 80 million pounds and the directors wanted to be free to decide how to spend it, was resolved in favor of the Ministry of Health.

But individual primary schools still have the freedom to decide whether to spend money on foreign coaches, teacher training or equipment. The financing consists of a lump sum by the school with a top per student, while a school with 250 students, for example, will receive ? 9,250 per year.

However, investments always promised does not already invested ? 162m in a national network of school sports associations, which was dismantled by Gove, in December 2010. A protest forced a partial reversal, but promised to fund ? 65m permission for a day of physical education specialists in primary schools is on in July.

The decision to eliminate school sports association, less than two years before London hosted the Olympic Games won on the grounds that it would "inspire a generation", was severely criticized by leaders sports, teachers and athletes.

Lord Coe, chairman of London 2012 legacy head of government, and the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the money should be allocated to primary schools and reserved for this was spent only sport. Gove wants to keep his principle to allow schools to decide how to spend their budget, but was persuaded to give up.

The announcement was welcomed by the gold medal winning athletes and sports governing bodies, but there is still concern among some teachers that investment is not yet accurate enough and could drive a patchwork layout. There is also concern that too much emphasis on competitive sport during the year.

• In an attempt to address the chronic shortage of skills among physical education teachers in primary education, a pilot program was created to produce a group of athletes specialized teachers. The first pilot project will produce 120 teachers in 2013.
• "I am particularly pleased with the proposals on the initial and continuous training of teachers, because I know from experience what an impact on teachers and their participation can have on young lives," Coe said.

Cameron said: "With this new approach to the sport, we can create a culture in our schools that encourages all children to be active and enjoy the sport, and promotes the aspirations of future Olympic and Paralympic athletes. "

Hunt said the new strategy would help address the growing crisis of obesity among primary school children and help encourage healthy habits.

"I want our Olympic legacy to inspire other children to participate in sport and exercise to prepare for a healthy life. Overwhelming benefits of exercise are more clear, but with a third of overweight children age 11 disposal to promote sports in schools will help us to solve the problem of obesity in this country, "he said.
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Campaigners unite against secret courts

Over 100 lawyers and human rights activists and freedom of the press call on parliamentarians to reject the "closed material procedures An alliance of more than 100 human rights groups, lawyers and activists called free press MPs to vote against the government's plans for "secret tribunals" - calling them "of letter cover-up "seriously undermine the principles of British justice.

In a letter to the

Observer

the group says it is "deeply concerned" for the purposes of justice and security to the parameter "open and accessible justice" and insists that he is a threat to the right to a fair trial and the rule of law.

MEPs will vote on the third reading of the bill that would expand the number of hearings to be held behind closed doors this week.

Ministers

were involved in the controversy over a year on its plans to extend the so-called "closed material procedures" (CMP), which are heard in its entirety in private , civil law.

The proposals have been developed in close collaboration with the security services, they want evidence of terrorism and other sensitive cases are kept secret. Services argue that other countries stop information sharing with Britain if the information is heard in public session.

secret court

plan has emerged as a direct result of the evidence that has emerged in the court to confirm the allegations that MI5 and MI6 knew of torture or inhuman and degrading part of the CIA terrorism suspects, including British citizens and residents, especially Binyam Mohamed.

In a move that has angered Washington, the High Court was subsequently endorsed by the Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal ruled that the CIA had information passed to MI5 and MI6 be revealed.

• To avoid disclosing that the security services have known about the secret transfer of detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and their treatment, the government gave out expensive settlement.
• ministers, under pressure from security agencies and U.S. intelligence - and - decided to introduce a new law to prevent any information that is disclosed in civil hearings only

While the former Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, has put forward a series of amendments, they have failed to satisfy critics who say that the fundamental principles of British justice system are being in danger.

supporters plans to argue that the bill will prevent the need for costly government out of court settlements to prevent the evidence heard in public in cases of terrorism or other extremists.

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MoveTube: Pina Bausch's Bluebeard

Riff

Bausch

criminal history Bart?k is a defining moment - full of dark themes, increasingly obsessed with his toxic

When Pina Bausch died in 2009, did not know if their job or their business would survive. So far, however, seems to be much more than cling. After the spectacular season with a duration of one month Tanztheater Wuppertal in London last summer, Sadler Wells said the company will continue to provide a platform for regular London. And taking into account the number of works created by Bausch space of four decades of his career, there should be no shortage of productions to revive.

two on stage this month from the intermediate phase and the end of the race Bausch - Two Cigarettes in the Dark (1985) and Vollmond (2006). Both are new to the UK. But the work that I am more optimistic view of the future is a production much before 1977 Bausch interpretation Castle Bart?k's opera Bluebeard.

There is a fully staged opera: the music is heard intermittently as the central male character switches to a recording of Bart?k and low back obsessive passages. Similarly, although the relationship between him and his criminal partner is obviously stuck in the story of Bluebeard and his late wife, Judith, is refracted through the many other dance couples. On a stage full of leaves, these victims love clump multiple failures by repeating the ritual abuse and self-humiliation, sometimes moan and cry, sometimes muttering words of arias recorded.

• far Bausch. But what is fascinating about Bluebeard is its position in the basin of the choreographer's repertoire, with some elements working against later and a little look back at the formative influence Bausch.

The top half of the clip is taken from the production. In the first minute and a half, Judith - pink - dancing in a crowd of men and women whose staccato rhythms pogoing steps and build the kind of game the bustling energy that was generated in 1975 Bausch's Rite of Spring. While women leaves the group (1.19), the hand, turned in profile, posing, they resemble nymphs suspension versions Nijinksy Wildlife (the ballet was a year before the original rite of spring).

Men are, however, bowing abruptly mechanistic resemble characters from La Mesa Verde, expressionist ballet choreographed by Bausch choreography term mentor Kurt Joos. As these men are then in line (2.06), tiny gestures, grooming narcissistic anticipate alignments in a work like Kontakthof (1978) - but stripped of his pants terribly brilliant Mr. Universe pose (4 , 30) are also back to the pop art of the 1960s and early 1970s. Perhaps the most tantalizing fragment is the choral dance of women (8.40), which move with a classic and graceful body what would happen, but Bausch work until the last phase of his career.

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Pope Benedict XVI resigns due to age and declining health

Pontiff, 85, who suffers from arthritis, said he will step down on February 28 after almost eight years at the head of the Catholic Church

Pope Benedict XVI to resign as head of the Catholic Church later this month, the Vatican announced.

The move, which came without warning, will be held on February 28 and leaving the papacy vacant until a successor is elected.

Pope announced his decision in Latin, Monday morning at a meeting of cardinals. They reported "a decision of great importance for the life of the church."

• According to a statement from the Vatican, Benedict XVI, 85, said he was resigned because of his age and strength down. "After reviewing several times my conscience before God, I am confident that my strength, because the elderly are no longer appropriate for the proper exercise of the Petrine ministry.
• "For this reason, and very aware of the seriousness of this law, freely, I declare that I renounce the ministry of the Bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, that I was entrusted by the Cardinals April 19, 2005, so that from February 28, 2013 at 20:00 at the headquarters of Rome, the seat of St. Peter is vacant and a conclave to elect a new pope must be called by those whose the competition is. "

Benedict XVI, who became the 265th pope in 2005, has arthritis, especially in the knees, hips and ankles. He was flying to Brazil, the largest Catholic country in the world in July for a youth festival, but the concern was raised among observers of the Vatican as to whether it was good enough.

voluntary resignation of the pope is rare - and certainly in the last centuries. Pope Celestine V has exercised its right to abdicate in 1294.

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