10 News Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Dworlddigest Inquiry into jets crash landing AIR crash investigators are trying to determine why part of a jetliners landing gear failed to deploy, forcing terrified passengers to brace for a crash before the pilot touched down safely despite scraping the jets belly on the runway of a US airport. The United Airlines planes right landing gear didnt extend, though its nose gear and left landing gear did, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said. When the aircraft landed, part of its belly struck the runway and part of its right wing was damaged. All 48 passengers and five crew members made it off the plane, sliding down emergency chutes once it came to a stop at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. Passengers, who cheered with relief, said the landing seemed controlled, and they praised the pilot. If you didnt know they were missing a set of wheels, you wouldnt have thought there was something wrong, said one passenger. 24m men may never marry MANY Chinese men are finding themselves without a wife as the gender imbalance in the country of 1.3billion people grows. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences found more than 24million men of marrying age could find themselves without spouses by 2020. Because of Chinas one-child policy and its bias towards male children, gender selection abortions are extremely common, and ultrasound scans, first introduced in the late 1980s, have increased the practice. For every 100 girls born in China, 119 boys are born, the academy said. This increases to 130 boys per 100 girls in some rural areas. Researcher Wang Guangzhou said the implications were that men in poorer regions may remain single throughout their life. The one-child policy, introduced in 1978, allows many rural couples to have a second child if the first is a girl. But a reluctance among young urban Chinese to have any children is exacerbating the problem, which has caused forced prostitution and human trafficking to become rampant in some areas, the researchers said. Sex-game model killed like Knox THE niece of a British Labour politi- cian told police she was a monster after admitting stabbing a man to death, a court heard yesterday. Jessica Davies cut the throat of Olivier Mugnier in an act of violence said to have been inspired by the Meredith Kercher murder in Italy. The 30-year-old, niece of defence minister Quentin Davies, was found in her Paris flat, soaked in blood, cra- dling her victims naked body. She was so drunk she could hardly stand but told police: I did it. I cant tell you why but I did it. I am a mon- ster. Holding up a knife, she added: I wanted to cut him a bit and it went right in. Davies, who had spiralled into a life of drink, drugs and one-night stands, killed Mr Mugnier, 24, ten days after student Miss Kercher was murdered by flatmate Amanda Knox during a sex game in Perugia, Italy. She picked up her victim, known as Funtime, in an Irish-themed pub in the Paris suburb where she was brought up. She had been drinking all evening and had swallowed four different types of anti-depressants and had smoked cannabis. She called police to her flat where Mr Mugnier was found with the 12cm wound to his neck. Davies told the court she was dep- ressed after splitting up with her boy- friend, the divorce of her parents and failing to make it as a model. She said she always felt I was go- ing to do something stupid, although she claimed all memories of the att- ack disappeared into a black hole because she was mentally disturbed. The trial is expected to finish today. By Ross McGuinness She picked up victim in Irish-themed pub JAPAN: These 20-year-olds, wearing traditional kimonos, ride a rollercoaster during the annual coming-of-age day ceremony at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo yesterday. They can now legally drink alcohol, smoke and vote Picture: Getty North KorEA: Senior ministers have called for a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War which could pave the way for nuclear weapons to be abandoned. A statement released by the foreign ministry said Pyongyang also wanted to see improved relations with the US and an end to sanctions before any nuclear deal could be struck. The war, from 1950-53, ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. The lack of a treaty was the root cause of hostile relations between the North and South, added the statement. Peace treaty vital for nuclear debate AMERICA: A father who orchestrated the balloon boy hoax began his 90-day jail sentence yesterday. richard heene (pictured), from Colorado, admitted falsely claiming his son was adrift in a hot air balloon in october. however, at the weekend he said he was innocent and denied planning the stunt for a tV show. Balloon boy hoax father heads to jail CYPRUS: rival leaders on the divided island of Cyprus launched a round of talks yesterday aimed at securing a peace deal this year. Breakaway turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali talat (pictured) hopes to end the conflict harming turkeys ambition to join the EU. Cyprus was split in 1974 when turkey invaded in response to a Greek-inspired coup. Island talks intensify to end 36yr conflict rWANDA: Hutu extremists shot down the plane carrying former president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994, a report found yesterday. They believed killing their own leader would scupper a power-sharing deal with the then rebel leader Paul Kagame who is now president. The extremists then used his death as a pretext for killing 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, the government report found. The investigation gathered testimonies from more than 500 witnesses and even ballistics experts from Britain were brought in. Extremists shot down own leader and finally... hUNGArY: A family of gorillas are being given DNA tests after two males both claimed paternity of a newborn. Both alpha male Golo, 30, and his ten-year- old son, Ebobo, seem convinced they are the babys father. The mother may have some explaining to do, laughed one keeper at Budapest Zoo. Flowerpot power: Designers may have taken inspiration from childrens tV favourite Bill And Ben (inset) for this creation modelled at a fashion show in rio de Janeiro. the event was designed to showcase the richness of Brazilian culture ahead of the 2016 olympic Games Picture: AP index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html