Chhattisgarh Interior Minister Ram Vichar Netam has said that the security in the state is hampered by a shortage of policemen.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Indian Maoists 'attack village'

In mid-July South-East Asian foreign ministers, as well as America's secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, and China's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, will discuss regional security in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

ECONOMIST: The South China Sea

Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, head of the Syrian National Coalition, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of an international security conference in Munich, Germany, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Before the interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, declared a state of emergency on the eve of the offensive, insurgents had hit Iraqi security forces hard.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo announced the creation of a joint intelligence centre which will co-ordinate the work of state and federal security forces.

BBC: Police on patrol in Paraisopolis