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bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power Sunday in a case that was set in motion by his wife's poisoning of a British business associate in late 2011. It was also was widely regarded as a political prosecution and a sign that top leaders had turned against the charismatic populist.
• The Jinan Intermediate People's Court deprived Bo of political rights for life and confiscated all his personal assets. Although Bo could appeal the verdict, he was widely expected to have little chance of success.
• "It's a political death sentence for him," said Dali Yang, a political scientist at the University of Chicago. "As long as the current circumstances stay, he cannot come back."
• Despite fears of public strife or brutal political infighting spearheaded by Bo's supporters within the leadership, there has been no major groundswell of backing for Bo, either within the Communist Party or in the public -- although he remains popular among many Chinese.
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• LA PINTADA, Mexico (AP) -- Fourteen hours per body.
• That's how long rescue crews with shovels, hydraulic equipment, anything they can muster, are averaging to find the victims of a massive landslide that took half the remote coffee-growing village of La Pintada, leaving 68 people missing.
• The Mexican army's emergency response and rescue team slogged in pouring rain and several feet of mud with five rescue dogs on Saturday, recovering two women who were buried in the same area near a kindergarten, the second body under more than four feet of dirt. At least two children are believed to be nearby.
• Lt. Carlos Alberto Mendoza, commander of the 16-soldier team, said it's the most daunting situation he's seen in 24 years with the Mexican army.
• "They are doing unbelievable work, hours and hours for just one body," he told The Associated Press. "No matter how hard the day is, they never get tired of working."
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• PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in

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