Gulf | Yemen
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Sunday Apr 28
Al Qaida gunmen kill 5 Yemen soldiers, says official
The firefight continued until Saturday afternoon
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Sunday Apr 28
Yemen: Large protests in south for secession
Rally took place to mark the 19th anniversary of the start of Yemen’s civil war
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Thursday Apr 25
Saleh’s pants and other memorabilia
Preoccupied with the challenges facing their nation, most Yemenis react mildly to the opening of a museum dedicated to the former president
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Tuesday Apr 23
Yemen court sentences 11 Al Qaida militants
One of the defendants threatened to kill the judge
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Tuesday Apr 23
Yemen officials: US drone kills 2 militants
The strike on suspected Al Qaida miltants provoked a retaliatory attack
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Sunday Apr 21
Yemen: 2 Al Qaida men killed in US drone strike
Second such attack in less than a week against suspected terror network members
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Sunday Apr 21
2 Al Qaida members killed in US drone strike
Strike was the second in less than a week against suspected members of Al Qaida
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Saturday Apr 20
Al Qaida affiliates: Terror groups that work with Al Qaida
Al Qaida affiliate groups
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Saturday Apr 20
Yemenis dismantle tents, declare end of uprising
Youth groups say they will shift their focus to overseeing national dialogue
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Tuesday Apr 16
Yemeni protest for release of Guantanamo inmates
Protesters gave a US embassy representative a petition urging release of prisoners
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Monday Apr 15
Yemenis protest Saudi deportations
Some 80 per cent of Yemenis bought visas from dignitaries who receive permits from authorities to distribute
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Friday Apr 12
US, rights body hail Yemen’s military shake-up
Changes termed vital step in transition to democracy and returning it to stability
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Thursday Apr 11
Yemen president orders military shake-up
Restructuring the army was a top demand by Yemenis after Saleh’s ouster
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Thursday Apr 11
Ousted Yemen president’s son named UAE envoy
With the decision, Ahmad Abdullah Saleh is to leave the army
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Wednesday Apr 10
Audio emerges from allegedly dead Al Qaida chief
Recorded message directed against Saudi Arabia
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Tuesday Apr 9
Al Qaida denies its No 2 in Yemen killed
It’s the second time the group has denied Saeed Al Shihri’s death
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Monday Apr 8
Saboteurs blow up Yemen oil pipeline: official
Lost production due to pipeline attacks cost the government more than $1b in 2012
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Friday Apr 5
UN urges Yemen government to tackle south’s issues
UN envoy acknowledges two decades of discrimination in south
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Wednesday Apr 3
Yemen: ‘Ali Abdullah Saleh should stay in exile’, says government official
Yemeni sources say pressure has mounted on outsed president to go abroad to ease tensions
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Tuesday Apr 2
Fate of stranded migrants in Yemen ‘very grim’
Many rescued from gangs of kidnappers, traffickers and smugglers and are injured
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Tuesday Apr 2
Thousands of Yemenis deported from Saudi Arabia
The move could cause ‘significant damage’ to the Yemeni economy, official says
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Monday Apr 1
Yemenis demand release of Guantanamo detainees
Most were detained in Afghanistan following 2001 US invasion
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Monday Apr 1
Yemeni president vows to free Western hostages
Al Qaida demanded millions of euros ransom over the past month to release 3 hostages
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Saturday Mar 30
For Yemen, dialogue victory in itself
Longstanding tensions are far from dissipating
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Friday Mar 29
Yemen national dialogue participants
Dialogue runs for six months, brings together 565 representatives
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