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Yemen

4 Shiites dead as protests rage

Yemeni soldiers opened fire on Shiite Muslim protesters trying to storm the Cabinet building in the capital Sanaa, on Tuesday, killing at least four, a Reuters photographer and medical sources said. The anti-government activists loyal to the Houthi religious insurgent group said dozens were wounded in the bloodiest day of tense demonstrations that have gripped Sanaa for weeks and now threaten to descend into outright conflict.

Cameroon

100 Boko Haram fighters killed

Cameroon said on Monday its soldiers had killed more than 100 Boko Haram fighters during an attempted incursion by the Nigeria-based Islamist insurgents, while across the border, thousands continued to flee the group's advances. The Cameroonian army dealt "a severe setback" to Boko Haram during clashes in the north of the country on Saturday, government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a statement read on state radio.

Pakistan

Death toll from floods hits 400

The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday as the armies of both countries scrambled to help victims, and authorities in Islamabad warned of more flooding in the days ahead. The flash floods, which began on Sept 3, have put more than 500,000 people in peril and rendered thousands homeless in the two neighboring states.

Saudi Arabia

2 criminals beheaded

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking and one of its own citizens for murder, the Interior Ministry said. Saudi Bandar Khalaf al-Enzi was found guilty of strangling a man during a dispute, the ministry said. Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia's strict version of Islamic sharia law.

AFP - Reuters

(China Daily 09/10/2014 page11)