We head to China, where ethnic violence is once again rearing its head in the western Xinjiang province. Also, an Australian who spent five years as a Guantanamo Bay inmate publishes his memoirs, but a court rules he will not make any money from them. Finally, in India there are signs that the Bengal tiger could be making a comeback.
Several people, including at least one policeman, have died during a raid on a police station in China's western Xinjiang province, which has been beset by ethnic clashes between the Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
At least one policemen, and several others were killed Monday when "several thugs" invaded and took hostages at a police station in the western Xinjiang province. Xinjiang has been beset by ethnic clashes between the Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
Six people have been sentenced to death in China's western Xinjiang region over July's ethnic violence between the Uighur minority and Han Chinese majority that left almost 200 dead, Chinese media have reported.
A 19 year-old has been jailed for 15 years in the first legal action to be taken over a series of syringe attacks that have blighted China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. Police in the city have received reports of more than 500 such attacks.
The city of Urumqi has settled down after Chinese authorities sacked two local officials on Saturday. The move followed days of ethnic unrest sparked by an apparent spate of syringe attacks, which the Han Chinese blamed on Uighur separatists.
China has sacked the Communist Party head in Urumqi, the restive capital of Xinjiang province, as an uneasy calm creeps in after days of ethnic unrest in which five people have been killed. The regional police chief has also been dismissed.
An uneasy calm has returned to Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region, after days of protests over simmering ethnic tensions between local Uighurs and Han Chinese in which five people are said to have died.
Five people were killed during violent protests in the western city of Urumqi as tensions between the Han Chinese and Uighur communities flared over a spate of syringe attacks instigated by "ethnic separatists", according to Chinese officials.
Five people were killed during violent protests in the western city of Urumqi as tensions between the Han Chinese and Uighur communities flared over a spate of syringe attacks instigated by "ethnic separatists", according to Chinese officials.