Leon Panetta says that following the">the death of Osama Bin Laden, the">the United States would put "maximum pressure" on al-Qaeda

in the">the hope of

crippling the">the group and removing it as a threat to the">the United States. He said that there">there were between 10 to 20 key al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. "If we go after them">them, I think we can strategically defeat al-Qaeda," he told reporters travelling with him to Afghanistan. It's his first visit here as defence secretary. Officials in Kabul say it may be a chance to

reset

the

deteriorating

relationship between Washington and Afghanistan.

More than 1,600 people have been arrested in Malaysia at an unlawful rally held to demand electoral reform. Police used tear gas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters. Several people were injured, including the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

"We were attacked from both corners, but what was horrifying is that the police shot directly at the protesters, and some of them clearly aimed at me personally. So my security assistants had to cover me, and one was badly injured because the canister was shot direct."

Journalists in Britain have been working on the final edition of the best-selling Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, after more than 160 years in print. Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News International corporation is closing the paper after it was revealed its staff had unlawfully intercepted telephone messages. Politicians and celebrities have joined public outrage against the paper.