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Taiwan compatriots welcome to join WWII commemorations: Spokesperson
A government spokesperson says people from Taiwan are welcome to participate in commemorative activities on the mainland marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II.
Spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Fan Liqing, says the victory belongs to the entire nation.
She hopes that people from Taiwan remember history and the people who were martyred during the global conflict, and commit to boosting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Hostage Crisis in East China's Cyber Café
Police have cordoned off areas around a cyber café in central China's Anhui province, where several people are being held hostage by a gunman.
The café is in the city of Lu'an.
Local media reports say the gunman kidnapped a senior on Wednesday morning, before breaking into the café.
Seven people are believed to have been inside the café at the time.
The reports indicate that gunshots have been exchanged between the suspect and police.
Former Xinjiang senior lawmaker under graft probe
China's top anti-graft body says a senior lawmaker of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is under investigation for suspected violation of Party discipline and law.
Li Zhi is former deputy head of the standing committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China released the news on its official website on Wednesday.
CNR, CSR merger passes overseas antitrust scrutiny
China North Railway and China South Railway have announced that their merger plans have passed antitrust scrutiny in overseas markets.
The merger needed approval from regulators in Australia, Germany, Pakistan, and Singapore, without any extra conditions being attached to the deal.
The approvals mean that the two firms' overseas projects will not be affected by the merger.
Controlling China's entire high speed rail market, CSR and CNR officially announced on Dec. 30 that they would merge into a new company, which will inherit both companies' assets, liabilities, businesses, staff, contracts, certificates as well as all other rights and obligations.
China's state-owned assets regulator agreed to the merger on March 5.
Chinese police bust international gambling gang
Chinese police have busted an Internet gambling gang whose members are all from overseas.
Police of Dalian City in northeast China's Liaoning province said Wednesday they have arrested 11 suspects of the gang, which had made a turnover of some 9 million U.S. dollars and had more than 3,000 clients.
Police have also seized cash worth about 100,000 U.S. dollars and 21 computers.
The investigation is ongoing.
Japan marks 4th anniversary of tsunami
Japan has marked the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing 2011.
The disaster also badly damaged a nuclear power plant whose reactor eventually suffered a partial meltdown.
A solemn ceremony was held in Tokyo in remembrance of lives lost, and a minute's silence was observed across the country at 14:46 local time, which is the moment the Magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit.
Four years on, around 230,000 evacuees remain displaced from their homes after the earthquake and tsunami that washed away vast swathes of coastal towns.
Indian court summons former PM Manmohan Singh on coal scam
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been summoned along with five others in a case linked to a high-profile coal scam that involved assigning mining rights to private firms without following due process.
The charges against Dr Singh and the others include criminal conspiracy, corruption, and breach of trust. They have been asked to appear in court on April 8.
The scam dubbed "Coal-Gate" surfaced after the national auditor's report in 2012 questioned the government's practice of awarding coal mining licenses to a handful of private companies without competitive bidding.
IS posts death video of Israeli-Arab 'spy'
Islamic State militants have posted a new video online showing the murder of an Israeli-Arab man the group has accused of being a spy.
19-year-old Said Ismail Musallam is said to have posed as a foreign fighter who joined the militants in Syria.
However, the militants accused him of being a spy for Israel's spy agency Mossad, a charge denied by Israel and by the man's family.
Musallam went missing after travelling as a tourist to Turkey in 2014.
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