Beijing (CNN) -- A Chinese court adjourned the public trial Tuesday of a police chief who triggered one of China's biggest political scandals in decades by famously seeking refuge in a U.S. consulate in February. The verdict will be announced at a later date along with sentencing, court officials told reporters after the trial. Court proceedings ended after five hours of public hearing Tuesday, following a one-day trial held in secret Monday due to the confidential nature of the information, officials said. Wang, 52, is facing four charges of defection, bribe-taking, abuse of power and "bending the law for selfish ends." Wang didn't contest the charges, court officials said.

Wang headed the police department of Chongqing, a sprawling southwestern metropolis with more than 30 million residents, during most of the period when
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Bo Xilai was the local party chief from late 2007 to early this year.


(CNN) -- Mali's president has named Diango Cissoko as the country's new interim prime minister, according to state media reports, hours after the abrupt resignation of the former prime minister following his arrest by soldiers. Cissoko is a former public ombudsman for the republic, according to the state-owned newspaper L'Essor. In a brief online report, the newspaper states that interim President Dioncounda Traore signed two decrees Tuesday, one removing Diarra from office and the second naming Cissoko as his successor. Read more: Opinion: Timbuktu tomb attack is an attack on our humanity "Things happened very quickly yesterday," the report says.

At least four times this year, the militants have attacked
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Timbuktu's historic tombs and shrines, claiming the relics are idolatrous.


(CNN)  -- Rafael Nadal claimed his first Australian Open title and denied a tearful Roger Federer his 14th grand slam crown after another epic five-set victory, 7-5 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-2 in Melbourne on Sunday. Nadal holds the trophy as an emotional Federer takes in his defeat. As expected, it proved a titanic struggle between the two leading players in world tennis, who were meeting for the first time since Nadal took Federer's Wimbledon title last July in another five-set classic. Nadal, who played the longest match in Australian Open history to beat Fernando Verdasco in his semifinal, was expected to show signs of tiredness, but it was Federer who wilted in the decider.

At the prize presentation a bitterly disappointed
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Federer admitted he had "felt better" before shedding tears as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.