The Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee has confirmed former top politician Bo Xilai's expulsion.<br /><br />The ex party chief of Chongqing has been banned from public office over a huge crime and corruption scandal.<br /><br />His wife is in jail over the murder of a British businessman.<br /><br />The affair has cast a cloud over next week's Party Congress to choose a new leader.<br />http://www.euronews.net/