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Current Affairs PDF June 2012 Page 23The Libyan-born al-Libi was considered charismatic leader with religious credentials who washelping preside over the transformation of a secretive group based in Pakistan and Afghanistaninto a global movement.Earlier the US had captured al-Libi a decade ago but he managed to flee from the US’ captivityin 2005 in an embarrassing security breach. He was a regular in Al Qaeda videos in which hetalked about the lessons he learned while watching his captors, whom he described ascowardly, lost and alienated. Al-Libi was promoted to al-Qaida's No. 2 spot after Ayman al-Zawahri replaced bin Laden as al-Qaida’s topmost leader. As al-Qaida's no. 2, he wasresponsible for running the group's day-to-day operations in Pakistan's tribal areas andmanaged outreach to al-Qaida's regional affiliates. He was influential and popular within al-Qaida given his scholarly credentials, street cred from having escaped from Bagram, charismaand his easygoing, tribal speaking style.PAKISTAN CONDUCTED TEST OF NUCLEAR CAPABLE BABUR MISSILEPakistan successfully test-fired the indigenously developed Hatf-VII (Babur) cruise missile on 5June 2012. Hatf-VII is capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads. The missileis highly accurate Pakistani-developed cruise missile with a rangeof 700 km.According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement,the missile was launched from a multi-tube Missile LaunchVehicle (MLV). The missile significantly enhances the targetingand employment options of the Babur weapon system in boththe conventional and nuclear modes. President Asif Ali Zardariand Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani praised the scientists forthe successful test.Earlier on 29 May 2012 Pakistan had successfully carried out the test of indigenously developedShort Range Surface to Surface Multi Tube Missile Hatf IX (NASR) followed by the test ofnuclear-capable cruise missile Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) whose test was conducted on 31 May 2012.BOEING MD83 AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN NIGERIA, KILLED ALL 153A boeing MD83 aircraft crashed in Lagos, the largest Nigerian city on 3 June 2012. All 153people on board were killed in the worst air disaster of Nigeria in nearly past two decades. Theflight was traveling from Nigeria’s central capital of Abuja to Lagos in the nation’s southwest.Scores others were killed and injured on the groundwhere the plane was crashed. President GoodluckJonathan later declared three days of nationalmourning in Nigeria. The recent crash is the worst forNigeria since September 1992, when a militarytransport plane crashed shortly after takeoff fromwww.jagranjosh.comPage23Current Affairs PDF June 2012