News in Brief

Quake kills four in china
Afp, Beijing

 
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit a remote part of southwest China yesterday near the popular tourist area of Shangri-La, killing four people and injuring several others, state media said.
The earthquake in Yunnan province on the border with Sichuan province sparked landslides, blocked roads, cut off communications and toppled or damaged tens of thousands of homes in the mountainous area.

US drone kills 4 in Pakistan
Afp, Miranshah

 
A US drone yesterday killed at least four militants in a missile strike targeting a compound in northwest Pakistan's tribal belt, local security officials said.
The attack took place in the village of Heso Khel around 35 kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan which is a stronghold of  al-Qaeda-linked militants.

5 more 'rebels' killed in Kashmir
Afp, Srinagar

 
The Indian army yesterday said it has killed five suspected rebels in northern Kashmir, near the heavily militarised de facto border dividing the disputed Himalayan territory between India and Pakistan.  The suspected militants were infiltrating from Pakistan into Indian side when they were killed, an army spokesman said.