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Chinese, Mexicanpresidentsmeetonbilateralties
ChinesePresidentHuJintaohasmetwithhisMexicancounterpartFelipeCalderonintheMexicanresortcityofLOSCABOS.
PresidentHusaidlinksbetweenthetwocountrieshaveenteredanewstageofmature, steadyandextensivegrowthsincethetwocountriesforgeddiplomatictiesin 1972.
TheChinesePresidentisinLosCabostoattendtheseventhsummitoftheG20 whichwillbeheldonMondayandTuesday.
Shenzhou-9 madefirstplannedchangeinitsorbit
TheShenzhou-9 spacecrafthasmadethefirstplannedchangeinitsorbitenroutetodockingwiththeTiangong-1 orbitingmodule.
It'sreportedthatthespacecraft - carryingthecountry'sfemaleastronautandhertwomalecolleagues - completedthefirstoffiveplannedchangesinitsorbityesterday.
ThecapsuleistocompleteanautomaticdockingwiththeTiangong-1 orbitingmoduleonMonday.
TwoastronautswilltransferinTiangong-1 forfourdaystotestitslife-supportsystems. TheotherastronautwillremainintheShenzou-9 asbackup.
Afterwards, theywillconductamanualdocking.
China'smannedsubmersiblepostponesseconddeepseadive
China'smanneddeep-seasubmersible, Jiaolong, hascanceleditsseconddivemissionduetoanoverhaulofthevessel'shydraulicsystem.
ItwasscheduledtodiveintotheMarianaTrenchonMondaymorning.
Ifweatherandseaconditionsareappropriate, JiaolongwillattempttheseconddiveonTuesday.
DuringitsfirstdivelastFriday, thevesselsetanewnationalrecordbyreachingadepthofnearly 6,700 metersbelowtheocean.
Jiaolongplanstoattemptsixdivestochallengethedepthof 7,000 meters. Themissionhasbeendisruptedonseveraloccasionsbytropicalstorm "Guchao".
Egypt'smilitarycouncilissuessupplementaryconstitutionaldeclaration
Egypt'srulingmilitarycouncilhasissuedasupplementaryconstitutionaldeclarationtoreclaimlegislativepowersaftertheparliamentwasdissolvedseveraldaysago.
Accordingtothedocument, theSupremeCounciloftheArmedForceswillexerciselegislativepowersuntilanewparliamentiselected.
TheSupremeCouncilwillalsoformanewpanelchargedwithdraftinganewconstitutionwithinthreemonths.
Theissuingofthedeclarationwasannouncedaspollsclosedinthepresidentialrun-offbetweenMuslimBrotherhood'sMohamedMorsiandtheformerpremierAhmedShafiq.
Ballotcountingisunderwayacrossthecountry.
NewDemocracybeatsSyrizainGreekelection: interiorministry
Thepro-bailoutNewDemocracypartyisthelikelywinneroftheGreekgeneralelection.
Withover 70 percentofthevotescounted, thepro-EuroNewDemocracyhavegarneredjustover 30 percentofvotescast. Theradical-left, anti-austeritySyrizaPartystandat 26.5 percentwithNewDemocracyallyPASOKthirdon 12.6 percent.
NewDemocracyleaderAntonisSamarashascalledfortheformationofa "nationalsalvationgovernment". However,Syriza'scontroversialyoungleaderAlexisTsiprashasalreadyruledoutacoalitionwithNewDemocracyanddaysofcross-partyhorse-tradingnowappearlikely.
TheGreekelectionsareviewedbymanygovernmentsandmoneymarketsascrucialfordecidingthefutureofthecountryintheEurozone.
SocialistswinoverallmajorityinFrenchparliament
TheSocialistPartyofFrenchPresidentFrancoisHollandehaswonanoverallmajorityinparliamentaryelections.
Projectionssuggestthatthepartyanditsallieshavewon 320 seatsoutofthe 577 seatsintheFrenchNationalAssembly. TheresultmeansthatHollandeisunlikelytorequirethesupportoftheGreensorthefarleftpartiestogetthroughhispromisedtax-and-spendprogramme.
TheSocialistPartyleader, MartineAubry, hailedtheexpectedresultasanendorsementofrecently-electedSocialistPresidentFrancoisHollande'spolicies.
HollandehasalsopromisedtorefocusFrance'sEUfiscalagendaandcurbausterity. Someofhismorecontroversialproposalsincludethehiringof 60,000 newteachersandtheintroductionofa 50 percentincometaxonthemega-rich.
ItisexpectedtobetheSocialists'bestelectionresultinmodernFrenchhistory.
36 deadinmultipleattacksonNigerianchurches
Atleast 36 peoplehavebeenkilledandmanyothersseriouslyinjuredasaresultofmultiplebombattacksonChristianchurchesacrossnorthwestNigeria'sKadunaState.
16 peoplewerereportedlykilledintheblastsandanother 20 wereinthesubsequentriotingthatapparentlytargetedMuslims.
Securityofficialsarenotrulingoutthepossibilityofahighernumberofcasualties.
TheKadunaStategovernmenthasimposedadusk-to-dawncurfewinanattempttocurtailtheviolence.
HeadofUNmissioncallsonfightingpartiesinSyriatoeasepeople'spain
HeadoftheUNobservationmissiontoSyriaiscallingonallpartiesintheSyrianconflicttoreconsidertheirpositionsandtotakeimmediateactionstoeasethepainofSyrianpeople.
RobertMoodstressedthatallpartiesinSyria "mustallowwomen, children, theelderlyandtheinjuredtoleaveconflictzones, withoutanypreconditionsandensuretheirsafety."
Earlier, Moodannouncedthathehasdecidedtosuspendthepatrolsofhis 300-memberteam, citingspiralingviolenceinrestiveareas.
TheobservershavebeendeployedinSyriasinceApril.