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A Chinese court has agreed to hear a case brought by a local environmental organisation against Volkswagen over its emissions-cheating scandal Texans Johnathan Joseph Jersey , the campaign group said Tuesday.


The German car giant -- the world's number two automaker -- has been engulfed in scandal since it admitted in September that it had installed software in 11 million diesel engine vehicles worldwide to cheat pollution tests.


The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation will take VW to court over 1,950 vehicles it imported to China equipped with the software, saying the company broke Chinese laws and worsened air pollution.


"This is the first case of public-interest litigation against vehicle pollution, and for us it is only the beginning," said Ma Yong, deputy secretary general of the Beijing-based group.


"We feel this lawsuit is bound to have a definite impact on other car companies guilty of environmental violations."


The No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin formally accepted the case last week Texans Jadeveon Clowney Jersey , according to official documents posted to the NGO's social media account.


China is the world's biggest auto market but the vast majority of cars in the country are petrol-driven, hence the small number of vehicles implicated in the scandal.


The action is being brought under a revision to China's environmental protection law that came into force this year, granting certain NGOs the right to sue polluters.


"Before this law came into force, we could only participate in environmental protection through supervision and by giving recommendations -- we couldn't take legal action," Ma explained.


His NGO will accuse Volkswagen of violating Chinese laws on product quality, environmental protection and tort liability Texans Lamar Miller Jersey , its lawyer told the China Daily newspaper.


Volkswagen China did not immediately respond to requests for comment.


The firm has admitted using so-called "defeat devices" to activate emissions controls during vehicle testing, then turn them off under normal operation -- allowing illegal amounts of nitrogen oxide to spew into the air.



Ride-hailing services Didi Kuaidi of China and Lyft of the United States have expanded their alliance to new regions by adding India's Ola and Southeast Asia's GrabTaxi.

Ride-hailing services Didi Kuaidi of China and Lyft of the United States have expanded their alliance to new regions by adding India's Ola and Southeast Asia's GrabTaxi.


Customers of each company will be able to use their apps to book private cars, taxis or other transportation in each other's region, the companies said Thursday.


The expansion of the alliance formed in September by Didi Kuaidi and Lyft steps up competitive pressure on rival Uber.


"This is a win for the diversity and vitality of the global ride share industry," said Didi Kuaidi CEO Cheng Wei in a statement.


Didi Kuaidi says it serves some 200 million people in 360 Chinese cities. The company says it accounts for 80 percent of China's private car service market and more than 90 percent of its taxi hailing service market.


San Francisco-based Lyft operates in more than 190 U.S. cities.


GrabTaxi, founded in 2012 Texans DeAndre Hopkins Jersey , offers private cars, motocycle taxi and other services in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.


Ola operates in 102 Indian cities and says it is the country's most popular app for personal transportation.


JERUSALEM Texans Benardrick McKinney Jersey , Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's security service announced Wednesday the arrest of three Palestinians recruited by an al-Qaida-affiliated group in the Gaza Strip, saying they were engaged in preparations to carry out massive attacks in the country.


A senior security official at Shin Bet, speaking at a rare briefing for reporters in Tel Aviv, said that an al-Qaida operative in Gaza nicknamed Arib al-Sham ("the outstanding one from Syria"), who is believed to have received his orders directly from al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, recruited online Iyad Abu Sa'ara Texans Kevin Johnson Jersey , 24, Roubeen al-Najma, 31, both from east Jerusalem, and Alaa Ranem, 22 Texans Nick Martin Jersey , who resides at a village in the West Bank, to establish independent terror cells for striking multiple targets.


Shin Bet said it intercepted the communication between the Gaza man and the three suspects on the Internet, tracking their recruitment process on Skype, Facebook and encrypted channels. Plans for Abu Sa'ara included assisting five foreign militants in entering Israel under the guise of tourists and providing them with forged Russian passports ahead of suicide attacks that were to take place simultaneously - one at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem that would also involve detonating a truck laden with explosives against first responders who would arrive at the scene, and the other at the entrance to the building of the U. S. embassy in Tel Aviv.


Abu Sa'ara was also said to have received computer files with detailed instructions for assembling explosive devices, and was due to be sent for training at a global jihad camp in Syria. He and his Gaza handler had also discussed the possibility of launching other attacks Texans Julien Davenport Jersey , including a shooting attack on a bus traveling from Jerusalem to the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, the Shin Bet said.


Shin Bet said its investigations of the other suspects unveiled the sheer scope of the terror plot masterminded by al-Qaida, which has struck roots in Gaza along with a host of other global jihad factions, and seeks to establish a presence in the West Bank.


Roubeen al-Najma and his handler deliberated plans for abducting an Israeli soldier from a bus stop in Jerusalem and rigging a residential building housing Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem with explosives, while Alaa Ranem was to establish a jihadi cell in the northern West Bank, according to Shin Bet.


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