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China-Israel to boost ties: Chinese
Foreign Miniatfr^ Qian Qlchent met with Israeli leaders
. Monday. agreeing to.oegin talks on deepening ties and saying - -Chinar jvahts To'-be b^ard Sbiutthe troubled Middle East peace process. AP says from Jerusalem.
"China does not play a role as mediator or coordinator. China is concerned about the Middle East peace process, so China also offers its views and perspectives in a frank and sincere manner," said Qian, after meeting his Israeli counterpart David Levy.
Strong quakes hit Japan: -n™ earthquakes measuring 5.2 and 5.4 on the Richter Scale struck northern Japan yesterday, the Meteorological Agency said. But there were no reports of damage or casualties. AFP says from Tokyo.
The first quake was recorded at 1:32 am (1632 GMT Monday) near Iwate prefecture, with the epicentre some 40 kilometres (25 miles) under the sea. The second came at 4:08 am (1908 GMT Monday) on Hokkaido Island, with an epicentre 110 kilometres (68 miles) underground.
Chopper crash kills 7 in Colombia: a military helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean Monday, killing all seven people aboard, the Defence Ministry announced, AFP says from Bogota.
A general, an admiral and other senior military officials were among those believed killed when the Bell-205 plunged into the ocean only minutes after leaving the Bahia Solano port. A witness told radionet radio the chopper was in flames before plunging into the sea.
Algerian rebel held in France:
Authorities on Monday were holding a member of Algeria's violent Armed Islamic Group linked to terrorist activity in France, after Britain expelled him last week, official sources said, AP reports from Paris.
Mohamed Kerouche, believed to have run a militant network in France, was placed under custody of the DST, France's FBI , when he stepped off a plane Friday, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
US poet Denise Levertov dies: Denise Levertov. a major American poet and poetry theorist, has died at 74. Levertov died Saturday at a hospital Seattle from complications of lymphoma, AP says from Seattle.
She published more than 20 volumes of poetry since 1946, the most recent being "Sands of the Well" in 1996. She also published collections of essays, translated three volumes of poetry and edited other books.
China to expand security system:
China will expand its nascent social security system to hundreds more cities and counties next year, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. AP reports from Beijing-
The decision to extend the network — announced Monday by China's civil affairs minister — comes as unemployment nationwide soars from a government-ordered restructuring of • state enterprises.