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Around 18 Afghan soldiers were arrested Tuesday after 11 suicide vests were seized from the defence ministry compound here, foiling an apparent mass suicide attack on the high-security ministry and on commuter buses for government employees, security officials said.

The United States says it has suspended a food aid package to North Korea in response to Pyongyang's plans to carry out a missile launch next month.

World leaders at the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit.

U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria Kofi Annan says the Syrian government accepted his six-point peace plan for ending the year-long crisis. Mr. Annan called the move an “important initial step.”

US President Barack Obama has vowed to pursue further strategic nuclear arms reductions with Russia, saying that America has more warheads than required.

The disputed town of Abyei was the scene of renewed violence in May 2011 after Sudanese Government forces took over the area.

This evening, following the celebration of Vespers, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. presided at a dinner in the courtyard of the cathedral of Leon. The event was attended by Mexican and Latin American bishops, and by members of the papal entourage.

Only days before the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea began, North Korea issued a stern warning not to criticize its nuclear program, saying through its state media that any inclusion of it in a statement would be a "declaration of war."

South Korea has claimed on Sunday that North Korea has moved a long-range rocket to its northwestern site in preparation for a launch next month.

Indicative of a growing closeness, India and South Korea Sunday aimed to double their annual trade to $40 billion by 2015, boosted military ties and eased visa norms to promote more business contacts.