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Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith has said he will attempt to allay Bejing's concerns over Canberra's strong bond with Washington in an upcoming meeting with Chinese officials.

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis

Bill Clinton has said that he would pick George Clooney over Brad Pitt to play him in his biopic.

Yemeni forces continue to push against fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda.

The first joint anti-terror exercise involving Russian and US forces in Colorado has ended with the "neutralization" of a terrorist group, a Russian defence ministry spokesman said.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday that Syria risks a "catastrophic civil war" even as armed rebels threatened fresh action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad unless it adheres to the six-point peace plan by Friday.

North Korea has proclaimed itself a nuclear power in its revised constitution, a claim which was rejected quickly by both the US and South Korea.