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BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao(R) met with Leung Chun-ying, the chief executive-elect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Wednesday in Zhongnanhai, the seat of the central government.

The HKSAR held the election for the fourth-term chief executive on March 25, during which Leung won 689 of the 1,132 votes cast by members of the 1,200-member Election Committee. He was appointed by the State Council as the new HKSAR chief executive on March 28. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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A combination photo shows Chinese fishing boats spotted in the Scarborough Shoal, a small group of rocky formations whose sovereignty is contested by the Philippines and China, in the South China Sea, about 124 nautical miles off the main island of Luzon April 10, 2012. The Philippines and China traded diplomatic protests on Wednesday over a standoff in the shoal, a jointly claimed area in the South China Sea, but Manila ruled out the use of force in its enforcement of local maritime laws. Picture taken April 10, 2012.

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A handout photo shows members of the Philippine Army inspecting one of eight Chinese fishing boats spotted in the Scarborough Shoal, a small group of rocky formations whose sovereignty is contested by the Philippines and China, in the South China Sea, about 124 nautical miles off the main island of Luzon April 10, 2012.

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A mother and her child watch exhibitions during a publicity event at the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, east China, April 11, 2012. The "Great Britain" global publicity activities were launched Wednesday in Shanghai, which was also the first stop in China. The activities included British photo show, auto show, musical party and Madame Tussauds waxworks exhibition. (Xinhua/Zhang Ming)

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A college student poses for photos with a wax figure of British Prince William during a publicity event at the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, east China, April 11, 2012. The "Great Britain" global publicity activities were launched Wednesday in Shanghai, which was also the first stop in China. The activities included British photo show, auto show, musical party and Madame Tussauds waxworks exhibition. (Xinhua/Zhang Ming)

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While a young girl watches, villager Tong Lin sews a cushion in front of her adobe house in Fuhe village, Guyuan county, Hebei province, in August. Although it is one of the counties encircling Beijing, Guyuan lags far behind its big city neighbor in terms of infrastructure and income. Gong Zhihong / Xinhua

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Children help plant rice seedlings in Leishan county, Guizhou province on April 8, 2012. Spring is a busy time for rice growers in southern rural areas. In Leishan county, many men go to work in big cities, leaving older people, women and children at home, who become the main force of agricultural work.

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Exhibition staff members display the most well-preserved baby mammoth, named Lyuba, at a press preview in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 10, 2012. The one-month old baby mammoth of the Ice Age, died 42,000 years ago and was preserved in the ice. Lyuba was found by a reindeer herder in permafrost of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia on 2007. She will be exhibited in Hong Kong from April 12 to May 10.(Photo/AP)

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A worker drives an excavator to pile coal at a coal storage site near a freight station in Taiyuan, Shanxi province in this November 12, 2010 file photo. After more than a century ripping out its insides to supply coal to the rest of the country, the heavily mined and polluted province of Shanxi in northern China is in the midst of a gas boom. Gas output from the coal seams is rising fast and is set to hit 8 billion cubic metres (bcm) this year, up a half from 2011 - emerging from nowhere just six years ago to provide China with a cleaner, home-grown alternative fuel for the future.

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Casino workers stand inside the Sands' newest integrated resort, Sands Cotai Central, in Macau Wednesday, April 11, 2012. U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Macau casino operator is launching its long-delayed fourth resort, a $4.4 billion complex that is its latest bet on continued strong growth in the world's biggest gambling market. Sands China Ltd. was set to open the doors later Wednesday to the Sands Cotai Central with a high-wire tightrope performance and the unveiling of a 2,500 kilogram (5,500 pound) bronze and gold "God of Fortune" statue. Completion was delayed several years by the global financial crisis and worker shortages.

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A woman walks amid shelves at a shoes market in Hefei, Anhui province April 11, 2012. China's economy likely grew at its slowest pace in nearly three years between January and March at just 8.3 percent, which would be the lowest level since the second quarter of 2009. In the last quarter of 2011, the year-on-year rate was 8.9 percent.

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Chinese security officers arrest an elderly woman outside the Great Hall of the People which serves as the parliament building for the Communist Party of China, a day after the sacking of politician Bo Xilai from the countries powerful Politburo, in Beijing on April 11, 2012. Once a rising political star known for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, China's Bo Xilai has suffered a dramatic fall from grace that now sees him linked to a suspected murder. The 62-year-old was once a leading contender to enter the top rungs of power, but in a stunning reversal of fortune he was sacked as head of Chongqing city and late Tuesday suspended from the Communist Party's powerful Politburo.

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Chinese tourists sit in front of the portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square, after the sacking of politician Bo Xilai from the countries powerful Politburo, in Beijing on April 11, 2012. Once a rising political star known for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, China's Bo Xilai has suffered a dramatic fall from grace that now sees him linked to a suspected murder. The 62-year-old was once a leading contender to enter the top rungs of power, but in a stunning reversal of fortune he was sacked as head of Chongqing city and late Tuesday suspended from the Communist Party's powerful Politburo.

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A Chinese policeman stands guard outside Zhongnanhai which serves as the central headquarters for the Communist Party of China in Beijing on April 11, 2012.

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The Minister of Maøori Affairs Pita Sharples (R) and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang (L) 'hungi' upon arriving at the Orakei Marae in Auckland on April 10, 2012. Tsang was welcomed onto the Marae with a traditional Maori Welcome.

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A teacher gives a lesson to students from Uyghur and Hui ethnic minorities, who sit in front of a board with a drawing of Beijing's Tiananmen gate, at a classroom of a primary school in Aksu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region April 11, 2012.

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German Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel (L) of the Red Bull Racing team is mobbed by fans as he signs autographs in the pitlane before the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 12, 2012.

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Lotus-Renault team driver Romain Grosjean of France (L) is mobbed by fans in the pitlane before the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 12, 2012.

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Mangled vehicles & the bodies of victims lay along a road after a bus and truck collided in Xiaoxian county, in eastern China's Anhui province on April 12, 2012, killing at least 24 people and injuring two, local authorities said, in an incident highlighting the treacherous conditions on the nation's roads. Around 70,000 people die and 300,000 are injured in road accidents every year in China, state media have said citing police figures -- the equivalent of more than 190 dead and 800 injured every day. GRAPHIC CONTENT.

The crash occurred at about 6:30 am on a section of a road near Wangzhai township in the city of Suzhou, local traffic police said.

Three injured passengers have been rushed to a nearby hospital after being rescued from the wreckage of the badly smashed-up vehicles.

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Chinese line up for visa applicants outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 12, 2012. According to U.S.-based Institute of International Education, China sent nearly 160,000 students to U.S. colleges last year. That is more than any other country and accounts for nearly 22 percent of international students, who contribute more than $21 billion to the U.S. economy through tuition and living expenses.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 12: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone arrives in the paddock to be faced by questions from the media regarding the forthcoming Bahrain Grand Prix during previews to the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on April 12, 2012 in Shanghai, China.

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A worker (R) buys meal from a mobile vendor outside the construction site of a new real estate project in Beijing, April 12, 2012. A new World Bank report projects GDP growth in China will be 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.6 percent in 2013. The China Quarterly Update, released April 12, says that the prospects for a gradual adjustment of growth remain high.

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Two workers ride bicycles to deliver fast food in Beijing on April 12, 2012.

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A migrant couple sell balloons in a street in Beijing on April 12, 2012.

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A Chinese policeman takes his position prior to a ceremony for the first ever Air France flight to land in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on April 12, 2012. Air France inaugurated its fifth destination in China in Wuhan, the main hub in central part of the country where the French presence is important, and to show its confidence in the growing Chinese market, just after the recent announcement of a drastic cost-cutting plan for the airline.

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Di Wu, a USC alumnus, places flowers at the site where two international students from China were shot dead on Wednesday in a "gang-infested" area near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, April 11, 2012. Police described the students as a man and woman, both Chinese USC students in their 20s, and said they found the woman shot dead inside a BMW parked at a curb in a Los Angeles neighborhood not far from the private university. The man was found outside the car.

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Visitors give one of the world's largest trimarans, Adastra, a final inspection before she set sail from Zhuhai in Guangdong province on Tuesday. The 42.5-meter super yacht can be controlled from an iPad. [Photo/Zhong Fan for China Daily]

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IOWA CITY, Iowa - The parents of a 21-year-old Iowa City man accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was showing her apartment for rent in March have been arrested on suspicion of tampering with a witness after police say they flew to town and tried to pay the victim to change her story.

Peng Tang’s father, Xuefan Tang, 57, and his mother, Li Qiao, 49, arrived in Iowa on April 5 and began staying at their son’s apartment, according to a criminal complaint. The couple then asked someone who is close to their son to find the victim and “persuade” her to change her story, police reported.

The mother reportedly said she would pay the woman to alter her report about what happened the night Peng Tang is accused of trapping the woman in her bedroom while she was showing him her apartment and tying her hands behind her back while he sexually assaulted her, according to police reports.

Tang’s father admitted to police, according to the report, that they did ask someone to find the victim and pay her to change her story.

One of the victim’s friends told her this was happening, and the woman called police as soon as she found out, according to the report.

Qiao and Xuefan Tang were being held Thursday morning at the Johnson County Jail on an initial bond of $2,000 each. They are scheduled to appear before a judge later this morning.

Peng Tang is still being held in the Johnson County Jail in lieu of a $750,000 cash-only bond.

According to court records, the woman who said she was sexually assaulted put an advertisement to sublet her apartment on a website used by Chinese nationals, and a man who she said she never met responded and made arrangements to come over and view the unit.

The woman brought the man to her apartment about 8 p.m. March 29, and when they entered her bedroom, Tang is accused of grabbing her hands and trying to put them behind her back, according to police. He then is accused of putting a towel in her mouth, according to a criminal complaint, and making her turn off her cell phone while he forced her to have sex with him and perform other sexual acts.

Tang is accused of taking pictures during the acts and telling the woman, “You have better follow my requirements because I have a knife,” according to police. Tang also is accused of forcing the woman to pose for nude pictures and threatening to post the pictures online if she went to police, according to the criminal complaint.

The woman went to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics the next day and contacted police. The woman then worked with officers to pursued Tang, through text messages, to meet her again at her apartment, according to the complaint.

Officers arrested Tang, and he eventually admitted to police that he had sex with the woman and had been carrying handcuffs and a knife, according to police.

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The victims were identified as Ms. Ying Wu and Mr. Ming Qu. Both were 23-year-old graduate students studying electrical engineering, according to a statement released by USC officials.

They were shot and killed while sitting in a car on Raymond Avenue near the intersection of Normandie Avenue and Adams Boulevard outside the school campus, according to the statement.

Wu was found shot in the front passenger seat of the car. Qu tried to run and call for help, but he collapsed and was found on a nearby porch, police said.

Both were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Initial reports said the shooting may have happened during a botched carjacking, but police say the motive is still unknown.

"The Los Angeles Police Department and our Public Safety are working aggressively to solve this crime," the USC statement said.

The police said a male suspect was seen fleeing the area on foot, but no suspect description was immediately available.

Police were canvassing the area within several blocks, talking to anyone who might have seen anything.

The area has been infested with gang activities, but has been on a large part got rid of the crimes as the security beefed up and gentrification took its hold in recent years.

"Our community is saddened and outraged by this callous and meaningless act," said the statement.

More and more Chinese students are coming to the U.S. for study. Nearly 160,000 Chinese students were studying in the US colleges in 2010/ 11 school year, which is up by 23 percent from the previous year, according to statistics provided by the Council of Graduate Schools.

In USC alone, there are 2,513 Chinese students, accounting for 34.8 percent of international students and representing the single largest group in the school's international students.

China's Consulate General in Los Angeles said it is planningto host a meeting for Chinese students in L.A. to remind them about taking care of themselves and safety. Representatives from the consulate's education department is visiting USC to have a better understanding of the situation, according to Chinese officials.

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Members of the Chinese delegation arrive at the Consulate of Iran on April 13, 2012 on the eve of the resumption of talks between the European Union and Iran about its nuclear program. A new round of nuclear talks between Iran and representatives of the 'Iran Six' nations will resume on April 14 in Istanbul after a 13-month hiatus. The other members of the 'Iran Six' - also known as the P5+1 - are Russia, China, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi (R) stand in a hall in Moscow, on April 13, 2012, during their joint press conference with Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna (not pictured). Russia, China and India jointly called today all parties in the standoff over North Korea to show restraint after the reclusive state's failed rocket launch sparked global concern.

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A department store employee dressed as the Chinese God of Fortune waits shoppers to hand out coupons in a red envelope at a commercial district in central Beijing, China, Friday, April 13, 2012.

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XIAOXIAN, CHINA - APRIL 12: Family members show their emotion at a traffic accident site on the No.311 National Highway on April 12, 2012 in Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province of China. At least 24 were killed and two others injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Thursday morning.

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A waste collector carries a sack of recycled material as she leaves a construction site in Beijing's central business district April 13, 2012

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McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain signs an autograph for a fan as he arrives at the circuit for the China Formula One Grand Prix in Shanghai, China, Thursday, April 12, 2012.

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Local fishing boats motor past a cruise ship 'Macau Success' to celebrate the birthday of Tin Hau, the Goddess of the Sea, in Victoria harbor in Hong Kong on April 13, 2012.

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Taiwan pop star Jay Chou (L) poses for photos sitting on a locally made motorcycle by Aeon at the opening of the Motorcycle and Electricity Vehicle Show Taiwan at Taipei's World Trade Centre on April 12, 2012. A total of 230 companies from Taiwan and abroad are displaying their latest product lines at the four-day trade exhibition.

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A model displays a motorcyle part from Taiwanese company Simota at the opening of the Motorcycle and Electricity Vehicle Show Taiwan at Taipei's World Trade Centre on April 12, 2012. A total of 230 companies from Taiwan and abroad are displaying their latest product lines at the four-day trade exhibition.

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A model poses on a new home-made heavy motorcycle powered by an 800cc engine designed and manufactured by Taiwan's Dinli Metal Industrial Co. at the opening of the Motorcycle and Electricity Vehicle Show Taiwan at Taipei's World Trade Centre on April 12, 2012.

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A refitted mortorcyle is on display at the opening of the Motorcycle and Electricity Vehicle Show Taiwan at Taipei's World Trade Centre on April 12, 2012.

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Photo taken on April 12, 2012 shows the Qionglong Market and residence community in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Great achievements have been made by two-years reconstructing here after the area was devastated by the 7.1-magnitude quake on April 14, 2010. Till now, 843 reconstruction projects had commenced, accounting for 66 percent of all the planned projects, while 158 had been completed. Meanwhile, a total of 20.89 billion yuan (3.32 billion US dollars), or 73.4 percent of the planned investment, had been deployed on reconstruction. (Xinhua/Wang Bo)

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An ambulance parks outside the Shanfu Coal Mine in Xiangyuan County of Changzhi, north China's Shanxi Province, April 13, 2012. Floodwater swept into the mine around 1 a.m. Friday morning. Rescue work is taking place to pluck nine miners from the coal mine. The cause of the accident is under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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Photo taken on April 13, 2012 shows detained Chinese fishermen in Palau. Detained Chinese fishermen will go home next week, according to an out-of-court settlement with the Palau government, which was ratified by Palau justice on Friday afternoon. (Xinhua)

KOROR, PALAU, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Detained Chinese fishermen will go home next week, according to an out-of-court settlement with the Palau government, which was ratified by Palau justice on Friday afternoon.

Wen Zhencai, the Chinese counsellor in charge of this issue told Xinhua at a hearing in Koror that he would be among a number of diplomats staying in Palau to ensure the smooth handover of the fisherman, due to take place next Wednesday. Then the fishermen will leave Palau for home.

Wen said, "The Chinese central and provincial governments are planning to dispatch (a plane) and we will be staying on until all Chinese nationals have been returned."

The 25 Chinese fishermen had been held in Palau since March 31st after one of their crews was killed by Palau marine officials who claimed it was an accident.

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