Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh injured in an attack....

Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded on Friday in an attack on his palace.

 According to a security official, his premier and other officials were also injured as shells struck a mosque in the presidential palace compound.
Four of his guards were also killed and the speaker of the parliament left in a critical condition after the attack. 

17 killed, 50 injured in IRAQ in bomb blast.....

At least 17 people were killed while 50 injured in a bomb blast in Tirkit city of Iraq.

 A bomb placed outside a mosque frequented by provincial officials in the Iraqi city of Tikrit killed 17 people and wounded 50 after the main weekly Muslim prayers on Friday, a security official said.

Yemeni tribes are deeply loyal to their people........

Thousands of tribesmen threatened to descend on Yemen s capital to join the battle against forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

 For months, youth-led protesters have tried to drive out Saleh peacefully. But their campaign has been overtaken and transformed into an armed showdown between Yemen s two most powerful families, the president s and the al-Ahmar clan.

Australian official refuses to single out China in internet espionage.....

Australian attorney general says any country can fall prey to internet espionage.

 Australia s attorney-general on Friday said cyber attacks had become so frequent that government and private networks were under "continuous threat", testing online security defenses.

 But Robert McClelland declined to single out China, at the centre of hacking allegations from Internet giant Google, saying the