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Eastern Star death toll reaches 396
The death toll from this week's cruise ship capsizing on the Yangtze River has now hit 396.
46 others remain missing following Monday night's disaster.
Only 14 people survived the capsizing of the Eastern Star.
The ship was carrying 456 people on a 11-day trip upstream on the Yangtze when it capsized after being hit by a tornado on Monday night.
It was hauled out of the water last night.
Maritime traffic along the Yangtze River in the area where the boat went down is still under traffic controls for the time being.
9.42 mln Chinese to sit for college entrance exam
Final preparations are being made for this year's college entrance exams in China, which get underway tomorrow.
The Ministry of Education estimates 9-million-420-thousand students will sit this year's 'Gaokao' across the country.
Police across the country have been told to put additional officers on-hand to help coordinate traffic in and around the locations where the testing sites are located.
The 'gaokao,' a standardized national test, weighs heavily on a student's ability to enter college in China.
The 5th China-Japan Finance Dialogue held after two years' delay
A new round of meetings between the Finance Ministers of China and Japan has been held in Beijing.
Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei has held discussions with Japanese Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso.
Lou Jiwei says China and Japan have pledged to further advance financial cooperation in East Asia and have discussed the direction for the future development of ASEAN+3 financial cooperation.
He says both sides are looking forward to the Sixth China-Japan Finance Dialogue in Tokyo in the coming year.
The meetings are the first in some 2-years.
Economic discussions between China and Japan were put on-hold amid the political tensions between the two sides the past couple of years.
Observers are suggesting the re-establishment of economic discussions is a signal of easing tensions between the two sides.
MERS cases rise to 50 in S. Korea with 9 more infections
South Korean authorities have confirmed 9 more people have come down with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS.
This brings the total number of infections in the country up to 50.
Health Authorities in South Korea say the nine new cases are all among people who have been quarantined because of their exposure to the original patient who brought the virus into the country on May 20th.
The patient, a 68-year old, has since recovered.
However, 4 people have already died from the virus in South Korea.
The spread of MERS, a virulant corona virus similar to SARS, has prompted officials to shut down hundreds of schools across the country.
The World Health Organization is sending in a team to South Korea this coming week to help assess the threat from the virus, which can take up to two-weeks to incubate before people begin displaying symptoms.
China Completes Genome Sequencing of Imported MERS Case
Scientists have completed sequencing the genome of the first case of imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS.
They have found no evidence of variation that would make the virus more contagious.
The sequencing has been accomplished by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in cooperation with the health department of Guangdong Province.
The genome map of the virus shows high homology with the strand of the MERS virus detected in the Middle East.
Scientists believe the strain originated in Saudi Arabia.
Death toll rises to 19 on Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu after quake: officials
Searchers say they've managed to recover all the victims from a series of landslides which hit Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu on Friday.
A total of 19 people have been killed on the mountain after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the area.
Local search and rescue officials say all the missing climbers are accounted for.
The bodies of the victims are being helicoptered off the mountain.
At least 10 of the victims are believed to be middle-school children from an international school in Singapore who happened to be on a field-trip on the mountain when the earthquake hit.
Singaporian authorities have dispacted a military aircraft to transport the parents of the young victims to the scene.
Kinabalu, Malaysia's highest mountain, is a popular spot for hikers.
U.S. man gets 82 months in prison for trying to join IS
A U.S. man who has admitted trying to join the Islamic State has been sentenced to nearly 7-years in prison.
Michael Wolfe has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the militant group.
He was arrested at an airport in Houston, Texas last June.
In pleading guilty, Wolfe has admitted he took part in training and attempted to hide his attempt to join the militants.
The 24-year old was caught in a sting, which included the FBI posing as an Islamic State recruiter who was to help him travel through Turkey and into Syria to join the militants.
His sentencing follows on the heels of another US man, a 37-year old salesman, also pleading guilty to charges of attempting to join the Islamic State back in May.
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