China probes deadly plane crash, orders industry-wide safety checks
China's State Council has set up a special work group to investigate the plane crash that killed 42 people and injured 54 others in Yichun of the northeastern Heilongjiang Province.
Domestic airlines have also been ordered to overhaul safety measures.
Li Jian, vice director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, says the work group has started to gather evidence for the probe.
"We're going to conduct investigations very soon, and we've set up six working groups to investigate the accident, including the air routes, air control, and ground security etc."
Initial probe and survivors' accounts indicate the plane missed the runway and crashed on the ground, cracking the cabin and triggering a mild explosion.
No signs of sabotage have been found so far, according to investigators.

HK mourns for victims of hostage-taking tragedy in Philippines
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang has led senior government officials in a mourning ceremony for victims in the hostage- taking tragedy in Manila.
The flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was raised and then lowered to half-mast. Tsang and all principal officials observed a three-minute silence.
A charter flight has brought the bodies of the eight victims back home to Hong Kong.
Chief Secretary Henry Tang promised the grieving survivors and family members every assistance.
"Hong Kong people will always stand by their side and government will spare no effort to providing whatever assistance they require. We also wish to see victims who are still in the Philippines, Mrs Leung and her son, come home early and get well."
The Philippines vice-president and the foreign minister will travel to Beijing and to Hong Kong to personally offer condolences.

China sends relief team to flood-ravaged Pakistan
China is sending a 55-member team to flood-ravaged Pakistan to help with disaster relief and epidemic prevention work.
This is the second international disaster relief team China has sent to Pakistan and they are scheduled to stay for three weeks.
The worst floods in decades have been wreaking havoc in Pakistan for nearly a month. The United Nations says more than 15 millioni people have been affected.

Four detained after deadly explosion in China's Xinjiang
Police authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have detained four people in connection with a deadly bombing attack last week which left six people dead.
A local police spokesperson says the alleged ring, headed by Ehmet Kurban, had six members. Two had died in carrying out the attack.
The attack occurred on the outskirts of Aksu City in southern Xinjiang, when three people drove an electric tricycle into a crowd and detonated explosives.

Murdered bodies found in Mexico 'were migrants'
Mexican officials investigating the death of 72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country say they were migrants trying to reach the United States.
They say the 58 men and 14 women had come from South and Central America.
Their bodies were found after a shoot-out between suspected drug traffickers and security forces.
One of the surviving migrants told police the group had been kidnapped and killed by an armed gang.

Chile's trapped miners told rescue could take months
The 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground have been told they may not be rescued for several months.
Health minister Jaime Manalich said the miners, trapped 700m below ground since 5 August, had reacted calmly.
Officials had delayed breaking the news out of concern for their mental well-being.
A special exercise and recreation programme is being set up to keep the men fit during their long wait.

Wikileaks publishes CIA report on terrorism
Whistle-blower website Wikileaks has published a CIA report on U.S. terror recruits, warning the United States could be viewed as an " exporter of terrorism."
The "Red Cell" report was dated from Feb. 2, 2010. It looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism.
The report said that American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon, nor has it been associated only with Islamic radicals or people of Middle Eastern, African or South Asian ethnic origin.

CRI launches new broadcasting network
China Raido International is launching the China International Broadcasting Network or CIBN, a new multilingual and multifunctional state-level broadcasting organization.
Featuring 61 languages, CIBN is set to cater to audiences from all over the world, thanks to the rapid development of the Internet and mobile communication technology.
The network will be based on CRI Online, the world's largest multilingual website, run by China Radio International. It will be a convergence of a website, online broadcaster, network television and mobile service terminal, all of which are multilingual.