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13 Russians and 'troll factory' charged with US election interference

Chargeshavebeenfiledagainst13employeesofaRussiantrollfactorywhichisaccusedofattemptingtointerferewiththe2016presidentialelection.Itisthefirstlegaldocumenttoname

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Football: Prosecutors urge conviction in FIFA trial

USprosecutorsurgedaNewYorkjurytoconvictthreewealthySouthAmericanformersoccerofficials"onallcounts"inthefaceof"overwhelming"evidence,deliveringclosingargumentsWe

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Relatives of missing MH370 passengers confront defendants in court

ThreeyearsafterMalaysiaAirlinesFlight370(MH370)wentmissing,inacasethatcaptivatedandmystifiedpeoplearoundtheworld,thefirstrelativesofpassengersontheflightconfron

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Fugitive Guo Wengui's company on trial for fraud

AtrialopenedWednesdayincentralChina'sHenanProvinceonthesuspectedcrimesofHenanYudaRealEstateCompanyandthreeofitsemployees.ThecompanyanditsemployeesZhangXincheng,

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Environment watchdogs make polluters pay in SW China

​In an effort to better protect the local environment, authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province are pioneering a new method: establishing special courts and making polluters fund environmental protection projects.

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Iraqi court sentences 24 people to death for killing hundreds of Iraqi soldiers

​An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced 24 defendants to death penalty over charges of killing about 1,700 soldiers when the Islamic State (IS) militants seized the city of Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province, in June 2014, judicial spokesman said.

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Egypt court sentences 22 pro-Morsi defendants to death

​An Egyptian criminal court sentenced to death 22 defendants over storming a police station in Giza governorate and killing an officer in 2013, state-run MENA news agency reported.

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Egypt court overturns convictions against 36 Islamists

​An Egyptian court on Wednesday overturned the death and life sentences against 36 Islamists over murder and violence charges, official news agency MENA reported.

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29 death sentences upheld in Vietnam's biggest drug case ever

As many as 29 among 30 death sentences were upheld for appellants involved in Vietnam's biggest drug case ever.

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Mining tycoon sentenced to death

A Chinese court Friday sentenced former mining tycoon Liu Han to death.

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Trials of Liu brothers continue in central China

The trials of 36 members of an alleged mafia-style gang, led by former mining tycoon Liu Han, continued on Monday in central China's Hubei Province.

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Britain voices concern over Egypt court sentencing 528 people to death

British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday expressed his "deep concern" over the 528 death sentences passed in an Egyptian court, urging the Egyptian authorities to ensure "full respect" for the defendants' rights.

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Trial of Egypt's Morsi over espionage adjourned to Feb. 23

A Cairo court adjourned Sunday the trial of Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi over charges of espionage to Feb. 23, official news agency MENA reported.

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9 suspects on trial in Yemen for plot to kill president

A Yemeni court began Sunday a trial of nine suspected al-Qaida members accused of plotting to assassinate President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi by a roadside bomb on his motorcade, the official Saba news agency reported.

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4 plead guilty at trial of Chinese tenor's son

A trial of a renowned Chinese tenor's teenage son, accused of gangrape, ended on Thursday at a Beijing district court.