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Chinese government joint working group leaves for Malaysia
The Chinese government has sent a working group to Malaysia for handling the aftermath of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight.
The 13-member group is composed of officials with the ministries of foreign affairs, public security and transport, as well as the civil aviation regulator.
Head of the group Guo Shaochun says they plan to coordinate with Malaysia and other countries to investigate the incident.
Some family members of passengers on board the missing flight are also heading for Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Malaysian authorities say they are widening their search to cover vast swathes of the sea around both Malaysia and off Vietnam.
Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, Director General of Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation, held a news conference yesterday.
"The air search started from 7 a.m. this morning to 7 p.m. this evening. However the ships will continue the search even at night, even now. The outcome so far, there's no sign of the aircraft."
It's being reported a Vietnamese naval vessel has spotted an object suspected of belonging to the plane.
154 Chinese nationals are among the 239 people aboard the plane from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Protesters clash in Ukrainian city of Luhansk
Pro-Russia and Pro-Ukraine demonstrators have clashed in the main square in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk.
Pro-Russia demonstrators took control of a local government building, demanding the governor to resign and launch a city-wide referendum on joining Russia.
The clashes come as local residents gathered to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of Ukraine's national poet Taras Shevchenko.
Ukrainian interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says he will not give up a single centimeter of Ukrainian territory.
Yatsenyuk is due to fly to the United States this week for high-level talks over the situation in his country.
Iran says nuclear deal possible 'in months'
Iran's foreign minister has told the visiting EU foreign policy chief that a nuclear deal could come in the next four months.
Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with Catherine Ashton, who is making her first visit to Tehran amid a thaw in relations.
But Ashton cautioned there's "no guarantee" her talks would lead to a comprehensive agreement.
In November, world powers and Iran reached an interim deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program in return for limited sanctions relief.
They will hold further talks toward a permanent deal.
The next high-level meeting is scheduled for Vienna on March 17.
42 migrants die in Yemen boat sinking
42 African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen.
Yemen's defense ministry says the boat overturned off the southern coast of Beer Ali.
A Yemeni naval patrol saved at least 30 people who were taken to a refugee camp.
Every year thousands of Africans make the perilous journey to Yemen in crowded boats. Hundreds have died.
13 kidnapped Syrian nuns, 3 others released
A group of Greek Orthodox nuns kidnapped by Syria's radical rebels in December have been released.
The 13 nuns and their three helpers were said to have been freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
The capture of the nuns had raised fears that Christians were becoming a target for the rebels.
Syria's Christians make up about 10 percent of the country's Sunni-majority population.
Chinese lawmakers file 460 motions at annual parliamentary session
Chinese lawmakers have filed over 460 motions to the secretariat of the ongoing session of the National People's Congress.
An official with the secretariat says most of the motions are focusing on broad-based reforms, the economy, social welfare and the environment.
The deadline for submitting motions at this year's NPC session passed at midnight on Sunday.
Tencent to buy 15 pct stake in JD.com in challenge to Alibaba
China's top Internet firm Tencent will buy a 15-percent stake in e-commerce giant JD.com for some 214.7 million US dollars.
The move comes ahead of JD.com's planned 1.5-billion-dollar listing of its shares in the US and is set to further increase the appeal of the country's No. 2 e-commerce firm to investors.
The move is also seen as a challenge to Alibaba Group's dominant position in online shopping in China.
JD.com has grown sharply in recent years and said in December it would top its 100 billion yuan annual sales target in 2013.
Merkel opens high-tech trade fair CeBIT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has officially opened the world's largest high-tech trade fair.
Merkel, along with British Prime Minister David Cameron, unveiled the opening of CeBIT, calling for homogenous regulations for the European digital market.
The theme of this year's CeBIT has been dubbed "Datability", or big data with responsibility.
Around 34-hundred exhibitors from 70-countries are taking part in this year's fair.
The CeBIT runs until Friday.
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