US recovers bodies of commandos

United States forces have recovered the bodies of two commandos who were part of a special forces team missing in Afghanistan since last week, the New York Times reported, citing a top Pentagon source.

The dead soldiers were part of a four-man Navy Seal reconnaissance team that was reported missing last week.

Pentagon and military officials declined to give details of where and how the two bodies had been found. Sumatra shaken A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked a large swathe of Indonesia's Sumatra island yesterday, shaking buildings and causing panic.

There were no immediate reports of damage as a result of the undersea quake, that struck at 1.52pm New Zealand time.