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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar:

BEIJING—Hours after she poisoned a British businessman, Gu Kailai reached out to a trusted ally—Wang Lijun. [1]

JINAN, China — Fallen Chinese political star Bo Xilai has launched an unexpectedly spirited defense at his corruption trial, fiercely denying he took $3.5 million in bribes from two businessmen and cross-examining one of them with a lawyer’s precisio... (confirmed by 4 sources) [2]

Cambodian police have arrested a Frenchman reportedly linked to a politician at the center of China’s biggest political scandal in years. [3]

CHENGDU, China—A Chinese court sentenced the former police chief who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician’s wife to 15 years in prison Monday in a decision that sets the stage for China’s leadership to wrap up a seamy political scandal and move a... [4]

BEIJING—Chinese lawmakers stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his last official position on Friday, formally expelling him from the country’s top legislature and setting the stage for criminal proceedings against the once-rising political star.... [5]

BEIJING — The curtain may be about to fall on China’s disgraced leader Bo Xilai, but victims of the harsh brand of justice he handed out in a high-profile crime crackdown are not making any headway in their campaign for redress. [6]

BEIJING — Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai goes on trial Thursday on corruption charges in a case crafted to minimize damage to the Communist Party and avoid exposure of party infighting or human rights abuses. [7]

JINAN, China — Chinese prosecutors demanded a heavy sentence for ousted top politician Bo Xilai on Monday, the fifth day of his landmark trial, saying his “whimsical” challenge to bribery, graft and abuse of power charges flew in the face of the evid... [8]

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