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The mother of a veteran activist in southwestern China says police have taken away the campaigner and seized his computers and mobile phones.

A senior Chinese aviation official said the authorities could not confirm any link between the floating objects captured on Chinese satellite images to a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 missing for more than five days.

Chinese portrayals of the far western region of Xinjiang veer from a happy land of dancing minorities to a hotbed of dangerous separatist terrorism, polarised and simplistic viewpoints that experts say are used to justify domination and harsh security.

Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested a man and a woman over a brutal knife attack on a veteran journalist, bringing the total number detained in the case to 11. Police investigate in the area where Kevin Lau, the former editor of a liberal Hong Kong newspaper, was attacked in Hong Kong.

The New York City fire department says it has received a report of an explosion and building collapse in East Harlem.

China's official Xinhua News Agency says a government website has images of suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

Satellite images on a Chinese government website show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner floating off the southern tip of Vietnam, near the plane's original flight path, China's Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.

FOOL HIM ONCE. Oh, never mind. Han Mou, not shown, let his wife feed him sleeping pills and hack away TWICE.

UPDATE: The Body Shop has removed products for sale from Chinese airports after a Choice investigation revealed they may be subject to animal testing.

China's top political advisory body on Wednesday condemned the deadly train station attack in Kunming on March 1 that left 29 civilians dead.

Pictures of the two men, a 19-year old Iranian, identified by Malaysian police as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, left, and the man on the right, his identity still not released, who boarded the now missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with stolen passports, is held up by a Malaysian policewoman during a press conference, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in ... (more)

This March 10, 2014 file photo shows a woman taking a photo of a screen displaying the number of hours since a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet had gone missing at a mall in Beijing, China.

HANGZHOU: The handful of poultry dealers lingering at Chengbei Market have had little to do since Chinese authorities shut down their livelihoods after H7N9 bird flu began stalking the country again, killing scores of people this year.

Going places: A Nokia store in the East Nanjing Road shopping area of Shanghai. Nokia's approach to winning the Chinese market, particularly in the entry-level phone category, was nothing short of remarkable.- WINNING in China is a top priority for senior executives at most Western multinationals, but many are frustrated by their lack of ... (more)

MISSING PLANE: Airport staff move a white board plastered with messages of hope and encouragement to all involved with the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, MH370, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Tuesday, March 11, in Sepang, Malaysia.

Before authorities could stop them, the assailants had killed 29 people and wounded another 143.

People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan speaks at a press conference during the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

Nepalese police arrested nine Tibetans on Monday after stepping up security on the streets of the capital for the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet.

A family member of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane wipes her tears at a hotel in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, March 10, 2014.

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air control and went missing more than a hour after it took off in the early hours of Saturday, March 8, 2014.