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Exclusive: Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife

Neil Heywood

The British businessman whose murder has sparked political upheaval in China was poisoned after he threatened to expose a plan by a Chinese leader's wife to move money abroad, two sources with knowledge of the police investigation said.

 

Protests in paradise as riots follow coup in Maldives

Maldives President

Supporters of the Maldives' former president rioted Wednesday as the country's new leader appealed for an end to the political turmoil in this Indian Ocean nation.

 

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