China crash kills 42

Plane overshoots runway:

CHINA: A passenger plane overshot a runway while landing at a new airport in northeast China late Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing 42 people of 96 on board, in the nation’s worst air disaster since 2004.

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Stem-cell court ruling :

‘Stunned’ US Government to appeal

Stunned and disappointed Obama administration officials said Tuesday they would appeal a federal court ruling that temporarily barred federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

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Amnesty tells US:

Clarify role in Yemen killings

SAUDI ARABIA: Amn- esty International said Wednesday the United States appeared to have carried out or collaborated with Yemen in attacks that killed suspected al Qaeda militants, violating international law.

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