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China charges Bo Xilai’s wife with murder

AFP

The wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai and an orderly working in the couple’s home have been charged with murdering a British businessman, state news agency Xinhua said Thursday. Gu Kailai, a former international lawyer whose husband was one of China’s most promising political leaders…