Fighting has flared for a second day in central and southern Iraq, as militiamen loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr battled coalition and Iraq government forces.
China and Pakistan have ended a joint military exercise (today/Friday) in the far-western Chinese region of Xinjiang.
An army sergeant has been gunned down in the latest flare of violence in strife-torn southern Thailand.
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