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The Office of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has expressed alarm following the 10-year jail sentence imposed in China on a veteran activist, Chen Xi. Mr. Chen, who posted essays online proposing (political reform) and improving (human rights), is the third activist to be jailed in China in the last 10 days.
Two (prominent) South Korean women have met the man chosen as the next leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un. South Korean officials said the country's former first lady and the chairman of Hyundai talked about with the leader for about 10 minutes after arriving in Pyongyang to pay their (respects) to his father Kim Jong-il.
Police here in London say they are investigating two stabbings on Oxford Street, one of the busiest (shopping streets) in Europe. In the first incident, an 18-year-old died when he was attacked. The second stabbing was in another area of Oxford Street, and the (victim) is being treated in hospital.
A newspaper in Chile has been ordered to compensate 13 readers who suffered (injuries) when they followed a recipe it published. The recipe for Churros - a sweet fried pastry snack - caused explosions that showered the cooks with hot oil, causing burns. Chile's Supreme Court ordered La Tercera newspaper to pay more than $160,000 to the victims. The court found that injury had been inevitable for anyone who followed the printed recipe correctly.
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