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SANAA, Yemen The Yemeni army, backed by tanks, battled Al-Qaeda militants in two southern towns, killing at least 26, the country's defense ministry announced Tuesday.

Chinese state media warned Tuesday, that Washington's planned military shift towards the Asia-Pacific threatens to create rifts between the two countries and may upset regional stability.

The White House says the killing of al-Qaida's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, apparently in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, has further degraded the organization's leadership.

Former President Bill Clinton made a joint appearance with President Barack Obama at a gala fundraiser in New York for the latter's re-election bid and exhorted people to vote for Obama saying the alternative would be "calamitous" for the US and the world.

Recent registration of new arrivals at the Yusuf Batil settlement in Maban, Upper Nile state, South Sudan.

LAGOS The twisted and scattered wreckage of a Boeing MD-80 plane that crashed in a residential area in Lagos killing more than 150 people on board was being pulled out by cranes Monday as Nigeria declared three days of mourning.

At least 15 suspected militants were killed Monday in the third US drone strike in as many days in Pakistan, officials said.

In yet another bid to appease the opposition and win its support for proposed tax reforms, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in a cabinet reshuffle dropped five cabinet ministers who were being criticized for non-performance.

The European Union and Russia Monday acknowledged "diverging assessments" on the Syrian crisis but agreed that UN envoy Kofi Annan's faltering six-point plan was the best chance to bring peace to the troubled country.

A wide view of the 2nd Meeting of the Advisory Board of the UN Centre for Counter-Terrorism (UNCCT), attended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.