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London, Jun 17 : Queen of pop Madonna's newly adopted daughter Mercy James was seen beaming happily as she played with her nursery school friends ahead of her journey to begin a new life in the US.

Mercy, 4, was playing at the school in Lilongwe, Malawi, on June 16 as arrangements were being made for her to join her famous new mother in New York.

Madge's senior aide Philppe van de Bossche arrived in the country on Tuesday to join Mercy, and to prepare her immigration papers.

Mogadishu - Mogadishu's chief of police and at least three civilians were killed in fighting in the Somali capital on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said.

Heavy fighting has convulsed the city since early May, when Islamist insurgent groups al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam launched an offensive to oust President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

Police spokesman Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Barise said that police chief Colonel Ali Said was killed as pro-government forces attacked insurgent bases in south Mogadishu, the BBC reported.

Brisbane (Australia), June 17 : The Indian Australian community in Queensland, Australia, has told a round table forum here that all Indian students residing the state and other southern states are safe from racist violence.

Honorary Consul of India Professor Sarva-Daman Singh said he had asked about such problems as he moved through the Indian community.

"Nothing has come to my notice of an untoward nature so far. Nothing of a disturbing nature has come to my ears yet," The Age quoted Professor Singh, as saying.

Washington, Jun 17 : American socialite Kim Kardashian has revealed that she played as an advisor to `The Hills' star Heidi Pratt about posing for Playboy.

Pratt, 22, is yet to confirm that she will pose for the magazine, but Kardashian, 28, who was featured in the magazine's December 2007 issue, has told her to go ahead and do it.

"Actually, I was in Mexico and I got a call from Heidi saying, `Call me right now'," Us magazine quoted Kardashian as telling MTV News.

"So I called her and she had said to me, `What do you think? What's your opinion on if I were to do Playboy?'

"Go for it," Kardashian told her.