China Youth Daily says "the souls of the 13 Chinese crew members can finally be comforted" when Naw Kham, a Burmese drug trafficker, and three of his accomplices - Hsang Kham from Thailand, Zha Xika from Laos, and Yi Lai, stateless - are executed by lethal injection in Kunming in southwest Yunnan later today.

BBC: China media: Mekong justice

After issuing a mayday call, the U.S. pilot made an emergency landing Sunday on the Chinese island of Hainan and remains there along with his 23 crew members as a standoff between the United States and China over the return of the plane and the crew continues.

CNN: U.S. pilot struggled to regain control after collision

The simulation involved six crew members: three Russians, two Europeans and one Chinese volunteer.

BBC: Sleep problems could jeopardise future missions to Mars

In 2001, a Chinese pilot died and the 24 members of the spy plane's crew were held for 11 days.

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