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15 Killed as Plane Crashes In Himalayan Mountains

By UCN on May 14, 2012 3:46 AM

Flight attendant Roshni Saiju is brought to hospital for treatment after being rescued. (Santosh Pokharal / Reuters)

A plane crashed into a mountain in the Himalayas while trying to land at an airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people and critically injuring six.

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Dalai Lama Accuses Chinese Agents of Trying to Kill Him

By UCN on May 14, 2012 3:19 AM

China accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful Monday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting poison in their hair for him to touch during blessings.

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Activist Chen Guangcheng Says Chinese Government Has Promised to Investigate Abuses Against Family

By UCN on May 8, 2012 1:00 PM

Rights advocate Chen Guangcheng says the Chinese government has quietly promised him it will investigate abuses he and his family suffered at the hands of local authorities, in a rare instance of Beijing bowing to demands of an activist.

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Chinese Media Not Covering Activist Chen Guangcheng's Story

By UCN on May 7, 2012 7:06 AM

Foreign journalists work on laptops outside of the hospital in Beijing on Tuesday where the Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is confined. (Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images)

The amazing story of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has made headlines around the world and attracted exhaustive coverage on news networks riveted by the international diplomatic standoff forced on China's communist rulers by one man.

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Kidnapped American Aid Worker Pleads for President Obama to Accept al-Qaida Demands So He Can Live

By UCN on May 7, 2012 6:47 AM

In an image provided by IntelCenter a still from the video released Sunday by al-Qaida of American hostage Warren Weinstein Weinstein said said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The White House called for his immediate release.

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1 Killed In Tornado Near Tokyo

By UCN on May 6, 2012 4:17 AM

This photo taken by an anonymous Tsukuba resident shows a tornado in Tsukuba city, northeast of Tokyo, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (Kyodo News)

A tornado tore through a city northeast of Japan's capital on Sunday, killing one person, injuring dozens of others and destroying scores of houses.

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Japanese March, Celebrate as Nuclear Reactors Are Shut Down

By UCN on May 5, 2012 3:31 PM

A traditional "Koinobori" carp-shaped banner for Children's Day flies at a rally protesting against the usage of nuclear energy in Tokyo, Saturday, May 5, 2012. (Itsuo Inouye / AP)

Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation's 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.

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Deal Appears Near as China Agrees to Allow Dissident Lawyer Chen Guangcheng to Travel to U. S. as Student

By UCN on May 4, 2012 12:54 PM

This file image made from video posted to YouTube April 27, 2012 by by overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com, shows blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng. (AP Photo/Boxun.com, File)

China has agreed to accept an application by the dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng to travel to the United States as a student, the State Department said on Friday, pointing to a quick resolution of an eight-day diplomatic crisis over human-rights issues that has deeply embarrassed the White House and threatened to further sour relations with Beijing.

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American Asylum Being Sought for Blind Chinese Activist

By UCN on April 30, 2012 11:11 AM

This file image made from video posted to YouTube April 27, 2012 by by overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com, shows blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng. (AP Photo/Boxun.com, File)

U.S. and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who fled house arrest, with an agreement likely before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives this week, a U.S. rights campaigner said Monday.

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Activist Chen Guangcheng's Case Complicates U.S. - Beijing Relations

By UCN on April 29, 2012 5:27 AM

In this image made from video, blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng is seen on a video posted to YouTube Friday, April 27, 2012 by overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com. (AP Photo/Boxun.com)

A senior U.S. diplomat arrived in China on a hurried mission Sunday as new problems - from possible U.S. arms sales to Taiwan to the custody of a blind dissident - threaten to complicate relations with Beijing ahead of high-level talks.

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