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Yemen will not hand over Al Qaida suspects, says Saleh

Yemeni foreign ministry officials yesterday said the shipment of North Korean-made Scud missiles seized by the U.S. Navy had been freed and was headed for Yemen.

The captain of the North Korean ship seized by the Spanish and American navies in the Arabian Sea last week and later released to Yemen, described the incident as an "aggressive robbery and piracy".

Sons of Yemeni Speaker arrested

Saudi Arabia has granted $2 million as financial support for the demining project in Yemen.

The Yemeni authorities yesterday released one of the accused who was involved in the attack on USS Cole at the Aden harbour two years ago.

Two Al Qaida suspects were killed and two security men were injured early yesterday in the capital Sanaa after a two-hour shootout between the security forces and a group of Al Qaida suspects, sources said.

Illiteracy rate in Yemen stays high

Yemeni panel meets kin of detainees

Yemen forms panel on Al Qaida detainees

Saleh blasts parties for 'selling loyalty'

Four Yemenis were reportedly killed and at least three others injured in a shoot-out yesterday between securitymen and the bodyguards of tribal chiefs near the British Embassy, eyewitnesses told Gulf News.