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Managers Stand Trial for Fatal E. China Plant Blast
The trial of three corporate managers over a deadly explosion at a factory last August has begun in a court in the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan.
The blast gutted a wheel hub polishing workshop in Kunshan, killing 146 workers.
Wu Chi-tao, chairman of Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products, is on trial along with the company's general manager and a manager in charge of workplace safety.
Each of the three could be imprisoned for up to seven years if the court finds them responsible for the workplace accident.
The trial is expected to last for two days and the ruling will be announced at a later date.
Investigators say the explosion at the factory was caused by the ignition of excessive metal dust in the air, blaming the company for failing to manage dust levels in the company's workshop.
The accident also led to the sacking of several local officials in Kunshan, including the local party chief.
Qualcomm Pays Nearly 1 billion USD, Resolves China Antitrust Probe
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm has agreed to pay a fine of nearly 1 billion U.S. dollars to Chinese authorities, ending a 14-month government investigation into the company's practices in the marketplace.
The deal also sees the chipmaker make changes to the royalty structure it uses to charge Chinese phone makers for using its chip designs.
Qualcomm is also being forced to set its licensing rates similar to the royalties it charges elsewhere in the world.
The company earned about half its global revenues, around 26 billion U.S. dollars, last fiscal year in China.
Chinese Warships Start Visit to France
The Chinese navy's 18th convoy fleet has arrived in France to start a five-day visit.
The convoy includes the Changbaishan, Yuncheng, and Chaohu warships, as well as shipboard helicopters and special operations soldiers.
The fleet completed escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters in December.
Officers from the French and Chinese navies will meet for a series of military and cultural activities, including a joint naval military drill.
The convoy will visit Greece later this week.
Malaysia's federal court announced guilty verdict over opposition leader Anwar's sodomy case
Malaysia's top court has upheld opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's conviction for sodomy.
Anwar was accused of having sex with a male aide in 2008. Sodomy is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia, but very few people are ever prosecuted.
According to the country's constitution, Tuesday's verdict by the Federal Court will remove the opposition leader from his seat in parliament.
Anwar was sentenced to five years in jail in March 2014 after an earlier acquittal was overturned - he appealed the latter ruling.
He says the case is a bid by the ruling coalition to block him from politics.
U.S. Fed official rejects proposed audit bill
The governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve has refused a legislation proposal that aims to expand Congress' oversight of Fed monetary policy.
Jerome Powell says it would threaten the central bank's independence.
Republican Senator Rand Paul, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, last month reintroduced his "Audit the Fed" legislation that would subject the Fed's monetary policy to regular audits by Congress.
Fed Chairman Janet Yellen is scheduled to testify before Congress later this month and she will likely fight against the legislation.
U.S. Airways flight makes emergency landing at Houston airport
A U.S. Airways plane has made an emergency landing without nose gear at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in the U.S. city of Houston.
The pilot of the Houston-bound flight from Philadelphia noticed a problem with the nose gear before landing late Monday night.
There have been no reports of injuries, though the plane landed with smoke and fire in the cabin, which was swiftly extinguished.
It's not immediately clear what caused the malfunction of the nose gear.
S.Korea to return more remains of Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War
The remains of more Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War are to be repatriated.
Sources within the Chinese Civil Affairs Ministry say South Korea has agreed to return another 68 sets of remains.
South Korea handed over more than 400 sets of remains at the beginning of March last year. The remains to be returned this year have all been excavated within the last year.
The transfer ceremony is to happen in late March, just before the traditional Chinese tomb-sweeping day.
Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers died during the 1950-53 Korean War.
Wanda acquires Swiss sports firm for $1.2 billion
Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin's Wanda Group will buy Swiss sports marketing firm Infront Sports & Media for about 1.2 billion US dollars.
Wanda will buy a 68-percent stake of Infront from private equity company Bridgepoint along with a group of other investors.
So far Wanda has not named the other shareholders.
Infront holds broadcasting rights to some of the world's biggest sporting events like the football World Cup.
The firm's chief executive is Philippe Blatter, nephew of sitting FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
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