Egypt erupted into celebrations after an election commission named Mohammed Morsi the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history and the first elected Islamist head of state in the Arab world, marking a pivotal moment in a chaotic regional shift toward democracy.
Turkey raised the stakes in a confrontation over a military jet shot down by Syria on Friday, saying the plane was over international waters—contrary to accounts by Damascus.
Xu Ming's fortunes rose as Bo Xilai's did. Now, with Mr. Bo under investigation, his billionaire industrialist associate is missing and also believed to be undergoing scrutiny.