The Bahraini authorities say they've

foiled

a plot to attack the Saudi embassy in Bahrain. State media quoted an interior ministry spokesman as saying four Bahrainis were arrested in Qatar and handed over to Bahrain earlier this month.

The British aid agency Oxfam is withdrawing its staff from a

volatile

border region of South Sudan in response to increasing instability. Oxfam said its workers had reported aerial bombing and artillery fire for several hours on Friday in Upper Nile state. The agency says thousands of refugees continue to cross the border from the north in need of food, water and shelter. Grant Ferrett reports.

Sporadic fighting erupted along the border in the months before South Sudan became independent in July, but reports of further clashes are now coming in almost every day. Each side accuses the other of backing rebels in its territory. Each is deploying more troops and equipment to various hot spots. Oxfam is pulling 22 of its staff out of Jamam and Renk in the South Sudanese state of Upper Nile. The fear is that the sporadic clashes degenerate into a return to war.

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Military authorities in Pakistan say that four military intelligence officers kidnapped on Friday have been killed during an unsuccessful rescue

raid

on a militant base. Army officials said five militants were also killed during the raid in Jhelum district in the east of Pakistan.