Xinjiang violence

Beijing, Feb. 14 (Reuters): Eleven “terrorists” were killed during an attack in China’s far western region of Xinjiang today, state news agency Xinhua said, in the latest violence to hit a part of the country with a large Muslim population.

“The terrorists, riding motorbikes and cars, attacked a team of police who were gathering before the gate of a park for routine patrol at around 4pm in Wushi County in the Aksu Prefecture,” Xinhua said in an English-language report.

“Police said the terrorists had (an) unknown number of LNG cylinders in their car which they had attempted to use as suicide bombs. Several terrorists were shot dead at the scene,” it added.

Eight were killed by police and three died “by their own suicide bomb”, Xinhua said.

Sanaa prison

Sanaa (Reuters): Eleven people were killed when attackers mounted a bomb, grenade and gun assault on the main prison in Yemen’s capital on Thursday to free inmates, security sources and witnesses said.

Thai police

Bangkok (Reuters): Thousands of Thai riot police were deployed on Friday to seize back protest sites around government buildings in Bangkok that have been occupied for months by demonstrators.

Microsoft flaw

San Francisco (Reuters): An unknown flaw in a recent version of Microsoft Corp’s Web browser is being used to attack Internet users, including some visitors to a US military veteran site.