News Headlines - 09 July 2013

▽Japanese ‘hero’ who saved Fukushima plant from total meltdown dies of cancer - The Independent

Yoshida was widely praised for staying in post and limiting the impact of the nuclear disaster

▽Japan Says China Using Force to Try to Change Status Quo - Bloomberg

China is trying to change the regional status quo by force based on claims that contradict international law, Japan said in a defense report that the Chinese government said contained “untruthful accusations.”

▽South Sudan 'sliding towards instability, conflict and crisis' | guardian.co.uk

Open letter to South Sudan's president from US-based activists highlights ethnic violence and alleged atrocities

▽Six minutes in space: yours for HK$1.7m | South China Morning Post

Twelve rich Asians, possibly including some from Hong Kong, will be among the first people to travel to space in mid-2015 - but only for five to six minutes.

▽Woolly mammoth found with flowing blood to go on display in Japan | Metro News

A woolly mammoth, which was found frozen in Russia with flowing blood, is to go on display. The 39,000-year-old female, named Yuka by scientists, was discovered trapped in ice on islands off Siberia with parts of its carcass well preserved.