December 30 News international

Friday 30 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Russian nuclear submarine fire contained, no radiation threat Russian authorities today brought under control a huge fire on a nuclear submarine and ruled out radiation threats but said some crew members were still aboard. HEADLINES MSF confirms killing of two foreign employees in Somalia  Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders confirmed on Friday that two staff members, a Belgian and an Indonesian, were killed by a gunman in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu. US aircraft carrier 'spotted' in Iran wargames zone  A US aircraft carrier entered a zone near the Strait of Hormuz being used by the Iranian navy for wargames, an Iranian official said today amid rising tensions over the key oil-transit channel. US downsizing top-heavy ranks in military For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the US has started culling generals and admirals from its top-heavy ranks to save money and make the military more nimble. Taliban attack kills 10 Afghan police  A Taliban bomb attackon Thursday killed 10 Afghan police returning from a recruitment centre in southern Afghanistan's restive Helmand province, the local government said. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES Bomb kills three NATO troops in Afghanistan  90,000 displaced in Nigerian city hard hit by violence US military briefs Kayani on NATO air strike probe report