The story follows a brilliant geneticist and an international counterterrorism agent who must team up to thwart a global pandemic.

The previous 16GB iPod Touch model did not include an iSight snapper or wrist strap, despite costing more than its successor.

HTC is rumoured to be developing a tablet for Google, which could launch under the moniker of the Nexus 9.

The new analysis comes more than 100 days after the Boeing (BA.N) 777, carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared on March 8.

Although the United States has taken no side in the territorial disputes, it has warned China against taking "destabilising actions" in the South China Sea.

The money will help stabilise areas under opposition control and counter terrorist threats, the White House said.

The helicopters were shot at as they flew low over the city and landed in a stadium at the city's university, a security source at the scene said.