Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, April 11

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nationals Security Council remained "paralyzed" on investigating the recent alleged chemical weapons use in Syria with Russia and the United States continuing to shoot down each other's proposals Tuesday.

Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution on investigating reports of the recent chemical attack in Douma, a town located northeast of Syrian capital Damascus. (UN-Syria-Resolution)

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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- Six people were killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said Wednesday.

"The incident occurred at 11:30 local time (0130 GMT). The helicopter made a hard landing. According to preliminary information, six people were on board. All of them died," the statement read. (Russia-Helicopter crash)

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TOKYO -- Search and rescue operations are continuing after a landslide buried houses on Wednesday morning in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, leaving one person dead and five others unaccounted for.

Municipal officials in the city of Nakatsu confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that rescue officials had recovered the body of a 45-year-old man. (Japan-Landslide)

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YANGON -- Six people including an 8-year-old girl have been killed with several others injured in a car crash on a highway in Myanmar's Yangon region, local media the Standard Time Daily reported Wednesday.

A car travelling from Taukkyan to Hlegu on Yangon-Bago highway lost control due to overspeed and collided with a mini-passenger bus travelling from the opposite direction in Mingalardon township on Tuesday at 07:45 a.m. local time. (Myanmar-Traffic Accident) Enditem