Products overseas. The standoff between chinese and Vietnamese Maritime Police continues in disputed waters in the south china sea. Vietnamese officials reported collisions between vessels there wednesday. Vietnamese officials askused chinese of ramming their ships and firing water cannons. They said the encounters took place near the paracel islands. Both countries lay claim to the territory. Earlier this month a chinese staterun oil Company Began drilling in the seabed in the disputed waters. Vietnamese government Officials Say the area is in their exclusive economic zone. That i have been demanding that china remove the oil rig. They say that about 80 chinese str vessels remain in the area. Some 20 vietnamese ships are believed to be on guard. Vietnamese representatives plan to take up the issue at a meeting of the association of Southeast Asian nations starting saturday. Theyre seeking the cooperation of the philippines and other countries that are having territorial disputes with
And the first japanese commander of the International Space station has returned to earth after six months in orbit. Rescuers in western turkey are working around the clock after an explosion in a coal mine. Theyre trying to reach dozens of miners trapped underground. More than 200 people have been killed. Officials said about 780 people were in the mine at the time of the explosion. 205 have been confirmed dead. Rescue workers have saved more than 360 people. Theyre still searching for at least 100 others. Officials suspect a flaw in the mines electrical system triggered the blast. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. He canceled a diplomatic trip in order to visit the site. Turkey has been developing mineral mines to meet its Energy Demand but a string of accidents has raised questions about the safety of the facilities. Philippine military leaders say their chinese counterparts are ramping up tensions over the disputed
For now i just wanted to express on behalf of the American People our deepest sympathies for the incredible and tragic loss thats taken place. And then he observed a moment of silence. President pac thanked obama and said the sympathy and support of the American People are encouraging for south koreans. Thens the two leaders talked for about an hour and a half. They have held a news conference. Topping the agenda was north korea. Leaders in the reclusive nation are threatening to conduct another nuclear test. Obama and pak announced they have agreed to step up pressure on pyongyang to realize a nuclearfree korean peninsula. Obama said he can never accept the norths provocation and strongly criticized leaders in pyongyang saying those actions will cause nothing but isolation. He reaffirmed the u. S. Commitment to its alliance with south korea and he promised to strengthen Missile Defense systems. South korean officials warn north korea could conduct a nuclear test at any time. New satel
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Selling theirs. Expect a town that may that continue to have the upper hand until the us admits that the actions into that the news begins. I mean it and so in an empty inside sean went they do so much for joining us. Two weeks have passed since the tragic soho ferry disaster but the entire nation in a state of shock sorrow and frustration the number of confirmed dead stands at two hundred twelve twelve ninety people still remain unaccounted for. Yet the latest developments on the second rescue front and the Ongoing Investigation and the like to interfere in the studio. Look for a gift bags as we can entry the second week since the tragic accident investigations into everything related with the stinking up the snow fairy seem never to be handing out the before you get into those details a couple of hours ago at a press briefing and single the commissioner general of the Korean Coast Guard to stop here and a member of the government taskforce attending the ferry disaster apologize for t