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The Yemeni armed forces on Friday foiled an al-Qaida attempt to detonate an explosives-laden discount soccer cleats car at a gas terminal in the southern province of Shabwa after three previous attacks killed more than 65 people, the defense ministry said. The armed forces killed all the terrorists who were driving the car toward the Belhaf gas terminal in Shabwa province, the ministry said in a brief text message obtained by Xinhua. A military source confirmed the incident to Xinhua, saying: " the terrorists ignored an army checkpoint and ran away, the soldiers opened fire on their vehicle, triggering a huge blast that killed all militants on board." Earlier on Friday, three explosives-rigged cars went off at a military site and a police headquarters in Azzan of the same province, killing at least 65 soldiers and wounding dozens of others at the scene, a local government source said. No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings, but cheap nike air max 90militants of the al-Qaida terrorist group frequently set off attacks against Yemen's armed forces. The al-Qaida group is held responsible for a series of similar attacks against the Yemeni government forces, mostly in the southern regions. The Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which emerged in January 2009, is considered the most strategic threat to the Yemeni government and the neighboring oil-rich Saudi Arabia. At least five people were killed and four others were injured after a passenger vehicle carrying them fell into a deep gorge in Indian- controlled Kashmir, police said Friday. The accident took place Thursday near Z-Morh in mountainous Machil-Kupwra highway, about 135 km northwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. "In a tragic road accident yesterday, a sumo carrying nine people fell into deep gorge, killing five and injuring four others, " said a police spokesman. "The deceased included two women." The injured were immediately hospitalized, the spokesman said. According to officials, the ill-fated sumo vehicle bearing registration number JK09 - 1192 was carrying passengers from frontier town of Machil to Kupwara when it skidded off the road. Preliminary investigations suggest the driver of vehicle lost control nike air max skyline over it while negotiating a sharp curve in the mountainous terrain. The sumo vehicle has a seating capacity for nine passengers, but for hilly areas only seven passengers are allowed. Deadly road accidents are common in this mountainous region, often caused by overloading, bad condition of roads and reckless driving. Last year at least 1,165 people were killed and 9,755 were injured in 6,709 road accidents in the region. Region's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident. The local government announced a monetary relief of 1,600 U.S. dollars for each family that has lost member and 160 U.S. dollars for each injured in the dr dre beats accident. At least 12 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were arrested after a raid carried out by security operatives in Nigeria's capital city early Friday, according to a spokesperson of the State Security Service. In a statement made available to Xinhua, Marilyn Ogar, mouthpiece of the secret police department, said the suspects were arrested in an uncompleted building near Apo National Assembly Quarters at about 3:00 a.m. local time. According to the statement, the operation followed information obtained from two Boko Haram elements in their custody, who led the security team to the uncompleted building where arms were purported to have been buried underground. "No sooner had the team commenced digging for the arms than they came under heavy gunfire attack by some gunmen in the area," the secret agent said, adding the security team responded immediately. The secret police said normalcy had returned to the area and did not confirm any casualty. Earlier, there were reports about a heavy gunfire between the members of the Boko Haram sect and beats by dre army officers in the same area. Local media reports said eight people were killed when gunmen in military uniform stormed the uncompleted building purportedly owned by an unnamed senior army officer in Nigeria. Police spokesperson in Abuja Altine Daniel denied the killing, but said security agents were investigating reports of an attack by gunmen in the area. Nigeria has witnessed a string of attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram since 2009, when the sect launched its insurgency targeting churches, security facilities, schools and villages. In May, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in the northeast region of the West African country. Boko Haram seeks to enshrine the Islamic sharia law into the Constitution and declares war against the Western education. The Philippine government is trying to strike a balance between meeting the timetable and the need to adequately address all the issues concerning a comprehensive peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a senior government official said Friday. Deputy nike free run 3 womens Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte made the statement as the 40th round of formal exploratory talks was extended for another day in Malaysia. The MILF is in the final stages of peace talks with Manila, but the two sides are not expected to be able to complete the two remaining annexes of the framework agreement on the Bangsamoro ( FAB). "I think, both panels are aware of the time element in all of this. But, certainly, again, we wish to stress that we also want to strike that balance between not rushing (the signing of the agreement) just for the sake of signing it," she said in a news briefing. She said that the government wants to address adequately all the issues involved in the two nike air max uk remaining annexes, namely power- sharing and normalization. Both the government and the MILF peace panels have been targeting to forge the comprehensive agreement within the year.