The plane returned safely to its base 60 miles from the accident. China has no intention of becoming a military threat to the rest of the world, its defense minister said. The move came after the opposition Communist Party asked King Birendra to reject Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa's recommendation for new elections. Three governments have lost no-confidence votes in Nepal since 1994. Only 3,200 of the 11,000 people who called the island home still live there, and 2,983 of them now draw food vouchers, it said.
Officials accuse Britain of delaying aid in order to drive away the remaining residents.
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