Australia's chef de mission Steve Moneghetti said his officials "didn't seem that concerned about the overall condition of the village" but claimed organisers "have got two days to do what's probably going to take about two weeks".

BBC: Security at Delhi 2010

Chinese officials have said their mission would last as long as is necessary and in accordance with U.N.

CNN: China warships set sail on anti-pirate mission

Capsule Communicator Doug Wheelock said that officials at the Mission Control Center in Houston saw nothing they couldn't overcome technically, but they would have more information in the morning.

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Meanwhile, a Royal Air Force aircraft returning from a mission in Iraq has gone missing, British military officials in the region said Sunday.

CNN: Soldier detained in fatal attack on Army camp

Authorities in the area have blamed the violence on militia supporters of Gbagbo based in Liberia but officials with the U.N. peackeeping mission in Ivory Coast have said they do not know whom to blame.

CNN: Thousands flee in wake of clashes in western Ivory Coast

's peace keeping mission in Congo, known as Monusco, wasn't involved in Monday's fighting, aid officials said.

WSJ: Fighting Breaks Out in Congo

European Union officials said the bloc was trying to speed up the start of a two-year training mission aimed at helping Libya control its borders.

WSJ: Militants, Chased From Mali, Pose New Threats

Officials in Niger, a major uranium exporter, said last month that plans for the EU mission had been brought forward because of the threat of militant attacks from Mali.

MSN: EU to send experts to Niger to counter al Qaeda threat

But defense officials said commanders have signed off on the plans, satisfied that a planned shift to a training mission allows for an accelerated drawdown.

WSJ: Obama to Draw Down Troops in Afghanistan