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China determined on peace, stability in South China Sea: vice FM
China says no country should doubt its determination and will to safeguard the peace and stability of the South China Sea.
Speaking at an event in Beijing, Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin says China will continue to promote peaceful settlement of disputes through negotiation with the countries concerned.
He made the remarks amid rising tensions with Vietnam over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
On Monday, a Vietnamese fishing boat capsized after harassing and colliding with a Chinese fishing boat in waters near China's Xisha Islands.
Vietnam has sent a number of ships to obstruct the drilling of Chinese companies in the waters where the collision took place.
1.8 tonnes of explosive material seized in Xinjiang
Police in northwestern China's Xinjiang have seized 1.8 tonnes of material for explosive devices and caught five suspects in a raid.
Local police say an alleged terror and extremist group led by Abliz Dawut was busted in southern Xinjiang's Hotan Prefecture.
Abliz and his gang members are suspected of making detonation devices the night after the terror attack on a market in Urumqi last week and premeditating a similar terror attack in crowded locations in Hotan Prefecture.
Similar raids have been carried out in three other prefectures in Xinjiang, leading to the arrest of a group of suspects allegedly involved in terrorism.
Malaysia releases raw satellite data about Flight 370
The Malaysian government has released the raw data used to determine that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.
The data was first released to relatives of passengers, who have been asking for greater transparency, before copies were also provided to media.
The document released comprises 47 pages of data, plus notes, from British satellite firm Inmarsat.
Meanwhile, a sea-bed search for the missing plane is continuing in waters far west of the Australian city of Perth.
The Australian government is also preparing for a fresh deep-sea search using commercially-contracted equipment.
Clash at Donetsk airport kills dozens: insurgents
Separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk say at least 30 of their fighters have been killed while trying to take over the airport.
Ukrainian government troops responded with air attacks during the fighting on Monday.
It is not clear who is in control of the airport.
Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to continue what he calls "anti-terrorist operation" in the east.
Indian, Pakistani PMs meet
India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held landmark talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his first day in office.
Indian media say Modi raised the issue of terrorism and the 2008 Mumbai attacks during the talks, which were previously assumed to be focused on economy and trade.
He reportedly told Sharif that "terror must stop" before the two countries can hold comprehensive talks on improving relations.
Sharif attended Modi's swearing-in on Monday, amid hopes of a thaw in relations between the rivals who have fought three wars since independence in 1947.
Thai minister detained, blasting military takeover
Thai soldiers have detained a prominent minister in the ousted government who emerged from hiding to criticize last week's military takeover of power.
Shortly before he was held, former education minister Chaturon Chaisang said the military's move would lead to a disaster for the country.
But he also said he had no intention of going underground or mobilizing resistance.
On Monday the military consolidated their legal hold on the country after receiving royal endorsement.
Egyptians vote on last presidential poll day
Egyptians are casting their votes on the final day of the two-day presidential elections, the first polls since the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last year.
Ex-military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who led Morsi's overthrow, is poised to score an easy win.
He won nearly 95 percent of the votes cast by over 300,000 overseas Egyptians last week.
The government has officially declared Tuesday as a public day off to increase the voter turnout.
China's returned overseas students top 1.4 million
China's Ministry of Education says more than 1.4 million Chinese overseas students returned to the country after graduation in the past 35 years.
It says over 3 million people had pursued degrees in foreign countries from 1978, the beginning of China's opening-up policy, to the end of 2013.
Among the more than 1.6 million people who have not returned, one million are studying or doing research abroad.
China, N Korea border cities open one-day bus tour
China and North Korea have opened a one-day bus tour between two border cities.
Chinese tourists can now travel directly from Longjing to Hoeryong in North Korea.
The trip costs 580 yuan or 94 U.S. dollars per person.
The two countries have in recent years witnessed booming border tourism on the back of multiple travel schemes aimed at boosting the regional economy.
