Yemen
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Seven Killed In Violence Across Yemen
World | Oct 24, 2011, 10:51 PM ISTSanaa, Oct 24: Seven people were killed in violence across Yemen today as President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he welcomed the UN resolution urging him to quit but failed to say if he will comply
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US Man Goes To Trial On Terror Charges
World | Oct 23, 2011, 07:57 AM ISTBoston, Oct 23: Prosecutors portray Tarek Mehanna as a terrorist in the making, a man who tried to help al-Qaida by promoting violent jihad online and traveling to Yemen to seek training in a terrorist
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US Air Strikes Kill Seven 'Qaeda Militants' In Yemen
World | Oct 15, 2011, 02:17 PM ISTAden, Oct 15 : Apparent US air strikes killed seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, one of them the media chief of the jihadist network's regional affiliate, a local official said today.The Yemeni defence
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US Drones Hit By Computer Virus
World | Oct 08, 2011, 05:52 PM ISTLos Angeles, Oct 8: America's remote controlled kill machines, the Predator and Reaper drones which fly hunt missions over Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, have been hit by a computer virus and network specialist can't seem
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Pakistan To Repatriate Osama Bin Laden Family
World | Oct 08, 2011, 03:49 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 8: Pakistan has contacted governments of Saudi Arabia and Yemen for the repatriation of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's three wives and their children, according to media reports.The development came after a
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Three Women Win Nobel Peace Prize Jointly
World | Oct 07, 2011, 06:43 PM ISTOslo, Oct 7: The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to three women - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women's
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Yemen's Al-Qaida Remains Threat After Drone Strike
World | Oct 02, 2011, 11:30 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen, Oct 2 : Al-Qaida's branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three of its key figures. Its military leadership remains intact and
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Al-Awlaki : From Voice For Jihad To Al-Qaida Figure
World | Sep 30, 2011, 05:44 PM ISTSanaa, Yemen, Sept 30: The heavy black beard spoke of Islamic piety, the fashionable wire-rim glasses of Western style.Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born, a gifted Muslim preacher and savvy Internet operator, became a powerful al-Qaida tool for
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At Least 40 Killed In Yemen Unrest Today : Protesters
World | Sep 24, 2011, 08:26 PM ISTSanaa, Sept 24: At least 40 people, among them dissident soldiers, were killed in violence that rocked Yemen's capital today, an activist from the protest organising committee told AFP.“More than 40 people were killed on
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Prospect Of Civil War Draws Closer In Yemen
World | Sep 21, 2011, 08:40 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen, Sept 21: The grim prospect of civil war in Yemen has drawn closer as mutinous soldiers have become more deeply involved in a rapidly spreading battle against regime forces for control of the
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Yemen Protesters Storm Elite Military Base; 50 Die
World | Sep 20, 2011, 08:56 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen, Sept 20: Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor, fractured Arab nation.His forces fired on
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Postcard From Aden, Yemen, Reaches UK After 57 Years
World | Aug 15, 2011, 10:14 AM ISTLondon, Aug 15: When 80-year-old Margaret Eastham in Lancashire picked up the black-and-white card delivered by the postman, she was stunned to read who it was from.The cheery message was from her sister-in-law, Dorothy, who
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Australia Advances in Olympic Qualifier
Football | Jun 23, 2011, 09:08 PM ISTNewcastle, Australia, June 23 : Striker Jason Hoffman scored a hat trick to lead Australia into the next phase of 2012 London Olympic qualifying with a commanding 4-0 win over Yemen on Thursday.Australia advanced to
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19 Killed In Shelling, Clashes In Yemen
World | Jun 07, 2011, 06:42 PM ISTSanaa, Yemen, Jun 7: Clashes have killed a total of 19 people, including three children, in two Yemeni provinces, military and medical officials said Tuesday, signaling no respite to the violence in the poor Arab
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India Asks All Its Nationals To Leave Yemen
World | Jun 07, 2011, 06:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 7: Concerned over poor response to its plea to leave clash-hit Yemen, India today made a fresh appeal to its nationals to leave the poor Arab nation by any available commercial means.“All
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Yemen PM Wounded As Mosque Shelled, Fighting Spreads
World | Jun 03, 2011, 06:45 PM ISTSanaa, June 3: Yemen's prime minister and parliament speaker were wounded when shells smashed into a mosque in the presidential compound today, as fighting that has killed scores of people in north Sanaa spread to
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Civil War Breaks Out In Yemen
World | Jun 03, 2011, 02:20 PM ISTSanaa, Jun 3 : Thousands of tribesmen threatened to descend on Yemen's capital to join the battle against forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh as the country slid deeper into an all-out fight for
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Street Battles In Yemeni Capital Leave 41 Dead
World | Jun 01, 2011, 06:01 PM ISTSanaa, June 1: Republican Guard shelling and pre-dawn street battles between government forces and rival tribal fighters killed at least 41 people in the capital today.There were growing signs of disarray in beleaguered President Ali
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Islamic Militants Tighten Grip On South Yemen Town
World | May 29, 2011, 08:30 PM ISTYemen, May 29: Yemeni military officials say hundreds of Islamic militants have tightened their grip on a southern town two days after seizing banks and government offices there.Critics accused embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh of
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Yemen Republican Guard Unit Defects To Opposition
World | May 29, 2011, 04:42 PM ISTSanaa (Yemen), May 29: A Yemeni rights activist says a brigade of the powerful Republican Guard run by the son of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh has defected to the opposition in a southern province.It's