In This EditionChinese top leadership urges emergency measures over the missing Beijing-bound Malaysian flight with more than 150 Chinese nationals on board.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will take an even more active part in global affairs as a responsible member of the international community.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson describes the escalating crisis in Ukraine as serious and calls for 'cool heads' to prevail.

And British model Naomi Campbell joins other high profile individuals in calling for an end to violence against women to mark the International Women's Day.

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