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China Eastern Airlines Plane Crash: Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 people tragically nosedives into mountain in Southern China

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China Plane Crash (Photo: Twitter) A China Eastern Boeing 737 crashed on March 21 in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Flight MU 5735 had 132 people onboard, including 123 passengers and nine crew members.  The plane took off from Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province at 1:15 pm, and was scheduled to arrive in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province at 3:07 pm.   Flight records indicate the six-year-old plane made a near vertical nose dive before impact, according to the Associated Press. Smoke from the plane wreckage could be seen billowing above the mountainous region of southen China.  More than 650 fire rescuers were being mobilized. Firefighters have found pieces of the plane after arriving at the rescue site. Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an "all out effort" to rescue any possible survivors.  The number of casualties and the cause of the accident are not clear yet.   An investigation into the exact cause of the crash is und

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia says Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Incident done by 'Ukrainian saboteurs'

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Russia's defense ministry blames an attack at the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Ukrainian saboteurs, calling it a monstrous provocation.  Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said on Friday that the Kiev regime committed a provocation on the territory that had already come under the control of the Russian military.  He said that a sabotage group that took refuge in a training complex outside the territory of the nuclear power plant opened fire on the servicemen of the Russian Guard who were patrolling the perimeter.    The firing points of the Ukrainian saboteurs in the building were suppressed by the return fire of the Russian patrol. Leaving the building, the Ukrainian sabotage group set fire to the training building.  The fire was subsequently extinguished, he said. Russia says it is ensuring the safety of nuclear power plants.  The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Ukraine's nuclear safet