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Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday arrived in China on a three day visit for a regional summit that would see the two powers coming closer to counterbalance the US push into Asia Pacific region, more with its naval power.

Pakistan military Tuesday said it had successfully test fired indigenously developed nuclear capable cruise missile with a range of 700 kms, enough to hit targets deep inside India.

With Pakistan yet to re-open its supply routes, NATO has concluded agreements with the Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to use their territory for evacuating vehicles and military equipment from Afghanistan.

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.