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China’s closely watched murder trial ends in 7 hours, verdict later
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Indian envoy in US meets victims’ kin
Washington, August 8 Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao was briefed by the FBI and local police about the investigation into the Gurdwara shooting incident as she visited Milwaukee to offer support to the victims and their families. A gathering in Washington DC’s Lafayatte Park in remembrance of the Wisconsin Gurdwara Shootings. — AFP
'60 Hindu families to migrate from Pakistan to
India'
Zardari graft case: Aides advise Pak PM against appearing in SC
It’s official! Aides advise Raja not to appear in
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China’s closely watched murder trial ends in 7 hours, verdict later
Hefei, China, August 9 A formal verdict will be delivered at a later date, a court official said, recounting details of the closed-door hearing. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, chose not to contest the charge of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood whose alleged secretive dealings with the couple fuelled a scandal exposing the intimate nexus between money and power in China's elite. The dramatic account of Heywood's death by poisoning is also likely to sound the final death knell to Bo's political career, even as sympathisers cast him as the victim of a push to oust him and discredit his left-leaning agenda. "The accused Bogu (Gu) Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun did not raise objections to the accusations of intentional homicide," the official, Tang Yigan, said after the hearing, referring also to Gu's co-accused, an aide to the family. State television showed Gu, wearing a dark pant suit and a white shirt, being led into the courtroom and being seated in the dock. She appeared to have put on weight since she was detained earlier this year. The court official quoted prosecutors as saying Gu and Zhang had killed Heywood with a poisoned drink in far southwestern Chongqing last November, after a business dispute between Gu and Heywood. Bo ruled the vast municipality until he was sacked in March just before the murder scandal burst into the open. As a result of the dispute with Heywood, Gu had become convinced Heywood was a threat to her son, Bo Guagua, the official said without elaborating. "Gu Kailai believed that Neil Heywood had threatened the personal safety of her son Bo (Guagua) and decided to kill him," the official added, reading from a statement to a packed news conference of dozens of reporters who had been barred entry to the courtroom in the eastern city of Hefei. The aide, Zhang, had driven Heywood to Chongqing last November from Beijing and prepared a poison which was to be put later into a drink of water. Later that day, Heywood met Gu at a hotel, he became drunk and then asked for water. "She poured a poison into his mouth," the official said.
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US gurdwara
shooting Washington, August 8 As expressions of support poured in from across the nation, with people holding peace rallies and candle light vigils in dozens of cities, Rao flew in from Washington to the tragedy struck city in Wisconsin. The Indian Ambassador also met the Oak Creek Mayor, Steve Scaffidi, besides officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the local police who provided her a first had assessment of the ongoing investigation. They briefed the Indian Ambassador on how the incident happened and the steps being taken by police and local administration.
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'60 Hindu families to migrate from Pakistan to
India'
Over 60 Hindu families from Balochistan and Sindh have decided to migrate to India, according to the community leaders.
Refuting the notion that the minorities were feeling lack of protection in the country, Sindh Minister for Excise and taxation Mukesh Kumar Chawla stated on Thursday that minorities in Pakistan enjoy full protection. Chawla said the allocation of a 5% quota for the minorities in government jobs and enhancement of reserved seats in the Senate were an achievement.
14-yr-old Hindu girl kidnapped Islamabad:
A 14-year-old Hindu girl has been kidnapped from Sindh province, triggering concern among the minority community members. The teenage girl, Manisha Kumari, was kidnapped from Jacobabad in Sindh, on Tuesday. "There is sadness among Hindus as the law and order situation is deteriorating. Even Muslims have been affected by the deteriorating situation, it is not just the Hindus," Pakistan Hindu Council president Jethanand Doonger Mal Kohistani said. — PTI
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Zardari graft case:
Aides advise Pak PM against appearing in SC The Pakistan government has filed a review petition against the July 12 order of the Supreme Court asking the PM to write a letter to the Swiss authorities for reopening graft case against President Asif Zardari.
The petition, which may buy time for the Premier from court action on charge of contempt for failure to comply with its order, contended that the PM had not received any advice to write the letter and was thus not bound to write it. The SC has summoned PM Raja to personally appear before it on August 27 and explain the reasons for not writing the letter. The petition claims that the Supreme Court’s June 27 and July 12 orders in the case are unlawful and if the letter is written, it will violate Article 248 of the Constitution, providing immunity to the President. The government also submitted that since the court itself cannot write the letter to Swiss authorities, it could not expect the Prime Minister to do so. Pak govt files review petition Islamabad: The Pakistan government has filed a review petition against the July 12 order of Supreme Court asking the PM to write a letter to the Swiss authorities for reopening graft case against President Asif Zardari. The petition, which may buy time for the Premier from court action on charge of contempt for failure to comply with its order, contended that the PM had not received any advice to write the letter. — TNS
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It’s official! Washington, August 9 The average temperature in July was 25.3 degrees Celsius more than the average 20th-century temperature thereby breaking the July 1936 record of 25.2 degrees, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Virginia had its warmest July on record, with the average temperature four degrees above the norm. Climatologists at the agency noted that by the end of the month, about 63 per cent of the nation was experiencing drought conditions, which was an add on to the high temperatures.
— PTI
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