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Divers enter sunken S.Korean ferry, 28 confirmed dead
Divers have successfully entered the hull of a sunken South Korean ferry to search for hundreds still missing two days after it capsized.
They tried 20 times overnight to make their way into the submerged hull, but failed due to rapid currents, low underwater visibility and high waves.
28 people are now known to have died while 268 others remain unaccounted for.
The Chinese embassy has confirmed that a total of four Chinese nationals are among those missing.
Three large salvage ships have arrived at the scene to pull the ferry out of the water, with another set to get there in the evening.
Meanwhile, investigators are focusing on the role of the ship's captain and the actions of the crew.
They say a junior officer was at the helm when the ferry capsized and the captain may have been away from the bridge.
In another development, police say the vice principal rescued from the sunken ferry has been found hanged.
More than 300 people on board the ferry were second-year students from Danwon High School in Ansan.
12 killed in Mt. Qomolangma avalanche
At least 12 Nepali Shepa climbers have been killed by an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Qomalangma, or the Everest.
A spokesman for Nepal's tourism ministry says more people are still missing.
The government has sent three helicopters for the rescue operation. Several injured climbers have been brought to the base camp.
The Sherpa climbers were making preparation for the climbing season starting next month when the avalanche struck.
It is thought to be the deadliest climbing tragedy on the mountain.
SW China colliery cave-in kills 7
Seven miners have been killed and another injured in a cave-in at a coalmine in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
The accident occurred when 13 miners were working underground at the mine in Liupanshui City.
Six of them managed to escape.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.
Pro-Russians in East Ukraine snub Geneva deal
Pro-Russian protesters in Ukraine's eastern region Donetsk say they will not leave the government building there, threatening a new international deal on Ukraine.
Russia, Ukraine, the EU and US earlier agreed in Geneva that illegal military groups in Ukraine must leave official buildings.
The protesters in Donetsk say the government in Kiev is illegal, so they would not go until the Kiev government steps down.
US President Barack Obama has cautiously welcomed the Geneva deal, but warned that the US and its allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Russia if the situation fails to improve.
A tense standoff continues in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russians are occupying official buildings in at least nine cities and towns.
Underwater drone scans ocean floor for 5th time
A mini-submarine has dipped into the ocean for its fifth trip to search for traces of the missing Malaysian plane.
Authorities say the US Navy's Bluefin-21 has scanned a total of 110 square kilometers of sea floor without making any "contacts of interest."
Search teams are facing many setbacks in their hunt for the missing jetliner.
A preliminary analysis of an oil sample collected in the search area shows that it is not aircraft engine oil or hydraulic fluid.
Meanwhile, air and sea surface searches are continuing, but officials say those searches are probably nearing an end.
Nigeria: 99 girls missing - Borno official
A local Nigerian education official says 99 school girls remain missing after they were abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants early this week.
The Borno State Education Commissioner says a total of 30 students have so far been located.
Earlier, military authorities claimed that troops had freed all but 8 of the 129 students abducted.
But the military later retracted that statement, saying they had been misinformed.
Tributes for the passing of Garcia Marquez
Tributes are pouring in from all over the world following the death of Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
U.S. President Barack Obama, Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, and Colombian pop star Shakira are among those who paid their tributes.
Garcia Marquez died at his home in Mexico City on Thursday aged 87. He had returned home from hospital last week after a bout of pneumonia.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
"As a government and in homage to the memory of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I have declared a state of national mourning for three days and I have ordered all public institutions to fly the national flag at half-mast, and we also hope Colombians will do their same in their own homes".
Garcia Marquez has been considered one of the greatest Spanish-language authors.
His masterpiece of magic realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
It helped him win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
