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Three Chinese ships in disputed waters

Three Chinese government ships sailed in waters around disputed islands controlled by Tokyo for about nine hours on Thursday, Japan's coastguard said. The Chinese maritime surveillance vessels were spotted in the 12-nautical-mile zone off the Senkaku islands, which China calls the Diaoyus, in the East China Sea shortly before 9:30 am (0030 GMT), the coastguard said. They left the zone at around 6:30 pm, it said later.

Spain's Carlos Pauner reaches Everest summit

Beijing, May 22 (EFE).- Spanish climber Carlos Pauner reached the summit of Mt. Everest on Wednesday, becoming the fourth Spaniard to conquer the world's 14 tallest peaks. It took Pauner around seven hours to reach the top of the highest mountain on Earth from Camp IV, located on the south face of Everest, according to a bulletin posted on his Web site.

Iraq violence kills 18

Violence in Iraq, including a bombing near a mosque, killed 18 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a spate of unrest that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month. The bomb near a mosque in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killed five people and wounded at least 16, officials said. Dozens of mosques have been attacked so far this year, including two Shiite places of worship in Hilla, south of Baghdad, where bombs killed 13 people on Monday.

Japanese historians aim to visit Takeshima this week

A group of Japanese historians said Tuesday they intend to land on the South Korean-controlled Takeshima islets claimed by Japan later this week as part of its investigation into the circumstances of the islets' incorporation into Japan's Shimane Prefecture in 1905. The four-member group said in the South Korean port city of Busan that they are investigating sites of the Russo-Japanese War on Takeshima, called Dokdo in South Korea, and nearby Ulleungdo Island.

S Korean mountaineer-record

SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean mountaineer Kim Chang-ho climbed all 14 Himalayan peaks of more than 8,000 meters without oxygen tanks, becoming the first from his country to do so and setting a world record for completing the climbs in the shortest span of time, the Korean Alpine Federation (KAF) said Monday.

At least four police killed in Iraq violence

Gunmen attacked a police station and an army position in the town of Rawa northwest of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least four police officers and wounding three, a local official said. Qais al-Rawi, the head of the local council for the area, said that gunmen killed and wounded the police in an attack on their station in Rawa, while they also assaulted and then set fire to an army position. There were 15 soldiers and an officer at the position, Rawi said, and their fate is unknown.

3 Chinese vessels sail inside Japanese waters near Senkakus

Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed on Friday inside Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, a Japanese-controlled islet group claimed by China, the Japan Coast Guard said. It was the 44th intrusion since last September, when the Japanese government purchased three of the five main islands in the group, which China calls Diaoyu, from a Japanese owner.

3 Chinese vessels enter Japanese waters near Senkakus

Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters on Friday near the Senkaku Islands, a Japanese-controlled islet group claimed by China, the Japan Coast Guard said. Chinese vessels last intruded into Japanese waters on Monday and it was the 44th such incident since last September, when the Japanese government purchased three of the five main islands in the group, which China calls Diaoyu, from a Japanese owner.

Okinawa, Taiwan fishermen differ over operations

Fishermen from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and Taiwan differed over operations in Japan's exclusive economic zone around the prefecture at talks Thursday and extended the discussions into Friday, Okinawa fisheries association sources said. The fishermen met to discuss how to prevent problems after an agreement between Japan and Taiwan took effect last Friday governing Taiwanese fishing operations in the Japanese zone around the prefecture, which includes the Senkaku Islands that are claimed by Taiwan and China.

Israel police limit non-Muslim visits to Jerusalem mosque

Jerusalem police closed the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to non-Muslim visitors on Thursday, in what they said was an effort to avoid a repetition of recent Palestinian unrest. The decision followed disturbances on Wednesday in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem where police used stun grenades, water cannons and mounted officers against Palestinians who hurled rocks during protests marking the anniversary of Israel's foundation in 1948.
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