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Yemen president vows to pursue Qaeda-linked militants
Mar 05, 2012 10:30 EST
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's new president vowed Monday to pursue militants linked to al-Qaeda to their last hiding place after they killed more than 110 soldiers in their deadliest attack on the Yemeni army.
Militants celebrate after killing 110 Yemeni soldiers
Mar 05, 2012 10:30 EST
ADEN (Reuters) - Militants linked to al Qaeda celebrated on Monday one of their deadliest attacks on the Yemeni army, parading military hardware seized after they killed more than 110 soldiers, as the Yemeni president swore to pursue the group with full force.
Blast kills 3 at Yemen army base, al Qaeda blamed
Mar 03, 2012 05:54 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - Two militants drove a car packed with explosives into a Yemeni army base in the south of the country on Saturday, killing themselves and a soldier, the Defence Ministry said.
Four dead in south Yemen blasts
Mar 03, 2012 05:54 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers drove a car packed with explosives into a Yemeni army base in the southern province of al-Bayda on Saturday, killing one soldier, the Defence Ministry said, in an attack for which al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
Four dead in south Yemen blasts, al Qaeda blamed
Mar 03, 2012 05:54 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers drove a car packed with explosives into a Yemeni army base in the southern province of al-Bayda on Saturday, killing one soldier, the Defence Ministry said, in an attack for which al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
U.S. security team attacked in Yemen, bomb injures 22
Mar 02, 2012 17:34 EST
ADEN (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire on a U.S. security team as it trained Yemeni soldiers in the south of the country, the Pentagon and a security official said on Friday, both denying reports from an Islamist group that a CIA officer was killed in the assault.
Yemen rebels say bomb wounds 22 at protest in north
Mar 02, 2012 07:01 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - A bomb blast hit an anti-U.S. protest in northern Yemen on Friday, injuring at least 22 people, a rebel group that controls much of the north of the country said.
New Yemen president inaugurated, Saleh steps aside
Feb 27, 2012 03:51 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's new president was inaugurated on Monday, saying the impoverished Arab state faced a "complex and difficult phase" as his predecessor stood down after 33 years in power.
Saleh hands "difficult phase" over to new Yemen
Feb 27, 2012 03:51 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's new president took over on Monday from Ali Abdullah Saleh, his predecessor of 33 years, saying the impoverished Arab state faced a "complex and difficult phase" after a year of violent political turmoil over Saleh's fate.
Reality bites as Yemen begins life after Saleh
Feb 22, 2012 08:22 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen began a new era without Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday after an uncontested election that gave his deputy a mandate to launch reforms in a country facing an economy in meltdown, a tenacious al Qaeda wing and rebellions in the north and south.
Yemen vote ensures Saleh's exit after 33 years
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen ushered Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years on Tuesday, voting to endorse his deputy as president, with a mission to rescue the nation from poverty, chaos and the brink of civil war.
Yemen election ensures Saleh's exit after 33 years
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen pushed Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years on Tuesday, voting to install his deputy as president with a mission to rescue the nation from poverty, chaos and the brink of civil war.
Saleh's deputy takes power in Yemen vote as sole candidate
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - A general took power in Yemen Tuesday as the sole candidate in a presidential election after a year-long uprising that ousted long-serving ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh but left the poor Arab country still teetering on the brink of chaos.
Violence as Yemen elects candidate to replace toppled leader
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Separatist violence in the south loomed over a presidential election in Yemen that had just a single candidate, but Washington praised the vote ending three decades of rule by its ally Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Yemen to seal Saleh's exit in one-candidate vote
Feb 19, 2012 10:08 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - After a year of protests, diplomatic wrangling and an assassination attempt, Yemenis will draw a line under Ali Abdullah Saleh's three-decade rule on Tuesday by voting in an uncontested election to install his deputy as president.
Qaeda militant killed by brother in Yemen: officials
Feb 16, 2012 07:33 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - A leader of al Qaeda's wing in Yemen was killed by his brother at a mosque on Thursday in a family dispute that also led to the brother being killed in a revenge attack, according to tribal and security sources.
Qaeda militant killed by brother in Yemen
Feb 16, 2012 07:33 EST
SANAA (Reuters) - A leader of al Qaeda's wing in Yemen was killed by his brother while praying in a mosque before dawn Thursday and the brother was then slain in revenge, tribal sources said.
Militants kill Yemen officer, election official
Feb 15, 2012 16:39 EST
ADEN (Reuters) - Islamist militants shot dead five people on Wednesday including a Yemeni military officer and the regional head of the country's election committee in the province of al-Baydah, a local official said.
Political unrest deepens plight of Yemen children
Feb 15, 2012 09:01 EST
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Fatima Al-Aqra's eyes glazed over for a moment as 14-month-old Enas, the scrawny infant at her feet, tugged feebly at the hem of her tattered black veil.
Yemen says kills Islamists, Saleh heads for U.S.
Jan 28, 2012 15:20 EST
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni troops killed four Islamist fighters in a southern town they seized from government control, a local official said on Saturday, but a spokesman for the Islamists denied his side had suffered any casualties.