Yemeni protestors come under fire

Yemeni security forces opened fire on demonstrators and fired rocket-propelled grenades at an office building in a crackdown on protest in the flashpoint city of Taiz, killing three people.

The attacks came a day after protesters began a new sit-in on one of the city’s main streets, and as tensions escalate across the country between embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and protesters seeking his ouster.