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Wednesday 2 May 2018
No sign of MH370 found in new scan of Indian Ocean floor

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA by Australian authorities. called off the nearly three-
Associated Press "Whilst it's disappointing year official search in Janu-
SYDNEY (AP) — A new scan there has been no sign of ary 2017. The Australian
of the Indian Ocean floor MH370 in the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's
for Malaysia Airlines Flight Transport Safety Bureau final report on the search
370 has searched nearly search area and further conceded authorities were
80,000 square kilometers north, there is still some no closer to knowing the
(31,000 square miles) since search time remaining," reasons for the plane's dis-
January without finding Ocean Infinity chief execu- appearance or its exact
any sign of the wreckage. tive officer Oliver Plunkett location.
But the company looking said in a statement. In January, the Malaysian
for the plane, which has "Everyone at Ocean Infinity government pledged to
been missing for more than remains absolutely deter- pay Texas-based Ocean
four years, said it is still de- mined for the remainder of Infinity up to $70 million if it
termined to find it. the search," he said. could find the wreckage or
This comes despite earlier Flight 370 disappeared black boxes of the aircraft
hopes that a 25,000-square- March 8, 2014, while en within 90 days. Ocean Infin-
kilometer (9,650-square- In this March 31, 2014 file photo, the shadow of a Royal New route from Kuala Lumpur, ity uses up to eight autono-
mile) area most likely to Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is seen on low level cloud while the Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 mous vehicles capable of
aircraft searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in
contain the missing aircraft the southern Indian Ocean, near the coast of Western Australia. people aboard. No trans- operating in depths up to
had been identified. Associated Press missions were received 6,000 meters (19,685 feet),
Ocean Infinity, the Ameri- from the aircraft after its first and Plunkett had launched
can technology com- had scanned up to 1,300 the west coast of Austra- 38 minutes of flight, but it is the search by saying his
pany conducting the square kilometers (500 lia in late January. It has believed to have crashed company had "a realistic
latest search, said in an square miles) per day since searched both inside and in the far southern Indian prospect" of finding the air-
update Monday that it launching its mission far off outside an area identified Ocean based on the drift craft.
patterns of crash debris He said Monday that its
that washed ashore on dis- technology had performed
tant beaches. "exceptionally well," with
Leaders of South Korea, Japan, The governments of Ma- "significant amounts of high
China to discuss North Korea laysia, China and Australia quality data" collected.q

Keqiang. Indian police arrest
The Japanese government
"I believe it will be an ex- four after video
confirmed the meeting.

tremely important summit.
I plan to have heart-to- shows attack on girl
heart talks with President
Moon and Premier Li," Abe
said while visiting Jordan. PATNA, India (AP) — Police village of Bharthura, about
"I hope to discuss thor- arrested four teenagers on 60 kilometers (30 miles)
oughly how we can get Monday after a video of south of Patna, the capi-
North Korea to walk on the them allegedly tearing the tal of Bihar state. It was not
right path" and resolve the clothes off a girl in an east immediately clear when
nuclear and missile issues Indian village was shared it occurred. Police also
comprehensively, he said . widely on social media. recovered a cell phone
Moon's office said he will Four other young men are used to record the assault,
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a news confer- still being sought, said po- Hasnain said. India has
ence in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. brief Abe and Li about the
Leaders of South Korea, Japan, results of his summit with lice official Nayyar Hasnain. been shaken by a series of
China to discuss North Korea Kim. It said Moon also plans Those arrested ranged in sexual assaults since 2012,
to discuss ways to boost age from 14 to 18. when a student was gang-
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) met at a border village three-way cooperation to- Police released no details raped and murdered on
— Leaders of South Korea, and agreed on a num- ward achieving denucle- on the victim, who ap- a moving New Delhi bus.
Japan and China will meet ber of steps aimed at rec- arization and permanent peared to be in her early That attack galvanized a
next week for a summit ex- onciliation. Their summit, peace on the Korean Pen- teens or younger. country where widespread
pected to focus on North however, didn't produce a insula. The video shows a crowd violence against women
Korea's nuclear program breakthrough in the North South Korea, Japan and of men and boys swarming had long been quietly ac-
and other regional issues. Korean nuclear issue. North China are closely linked the girl along a dirt road, cepted. Hundreds of thou-
The three Asian countries Korean leader Kim Jong economically and are also grabbing and groping her sands of people took to the
have been holding regular Un and U.S. President Don- members of now-stalled re- as she tries to fight them off streets to demand better
trilateral summits since late ald Trump are expected to gional disarmament talks and begs to be freed. protection for women.
2008. Next week's summit, meet in several weeks. aimed at ending North Ko- "Nahi bhaiya! Nahi bhaiya!" While the government has
the seventh, comes amid South Korea's presidential rea's nuclear weapons pro- she screams. "No brother! passed a series of laws
a flurry of high-profile dip- office said Tuesday that gram. No brother!" since then increasing pun-
lomatic contacts aimed at President Moon Jae-in will Further complicating their More young men can be ishments for rape, it's rare
ridding North Korea of its attend next Wednesday's relations, Seoul and Tokyo seen watching the daylight for more than a few weeks
nuclear weapons. meeting in Tokyo with Jap- are key U.S. allies, while Bei- assault, including some to pass without yet another
Last week, the leaders of anese Prime Minister Shinzo jing is North Korea's last ma- filming it on their phones. brutal sexual assault reach-
North and South Korea Abe and Chinese Premier Li jor ally.q The attack occurred in the ing India's front pages.q