China

Xi meets Israeli prime minister

President Xi Jinping met with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. Xi said Netanyahu's visit shows that the Israeli government and Netanyahu attach great importance to China-Israel relations.

India

Pakistani prisoner dies

A Pakistani prisoner serving a life sentence in India died on Thursday from a beating that occurred a day after a convicted Indian spy was killed inside a Pakistani prison, an local official said. The rival nations have accused each other of not doing enough to protect prisoners.

Nigeria

46 police killed in ambushes

Nigerian militants killed 46 police officers in an ambush in the north central state of Nassarawa this week, police said on Thursday. It was not clear if the militants in Tuesday's attack were linked to Islamist sect Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency in northern Nigeria for three years.

Norway

Bridge collapse claims 2 lives

Rescue workers on Thursday pulled a second body from the rubble of an under-construction bridge that collapsed in central Norway a day earlier, police said. The body of the victim, a construction worker, was recovered in the early morning in a mountain of debris at the accident site near the city of Trondheim, according to local police.

Afghanistan

Karzai to let US keep 9 bases

The US can keep nine bases in Afghanistan after the scheduled 2014 NATO combat troop pullout, the country's president said on Thursday. It was the first time he has made such an offer in public. Hamid Karzai insisted on "security and economic guarantees" first.

Xinhua-AP-Reuters-AFP

(China Daily 05/10/2013 page12)