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Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo

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WASHINGTON/MIAMI - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp.

Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo

WASHINGTON/MIAMI - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp.

World, Cuba, 23 May 2013

U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

World, 22 May 2013

U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

World, 22 May 2013

Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis on Tuesday for robbery and murder, then put their bodies on public display as a further punishment, state news agency SPA said.

AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday.

Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats

WASHINGTON - When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!"

U.S., 19 May 2013

At least four suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike

ADEN - At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday.

World, 18 May 2013

Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel

ADEN - Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al Qaeda-linked militants, a local security official said.

World, 18 May 2013

U.N. says there is hope for Yemen if funds are forthcoming

GENEVA - Yemen, home to what Washington considers al Qaeda's most dangerous wing, has the chance of a bright future, the top U.N. official in the country said on Thursday, but needs help to deal with a major humanitarian crisis that threatens its stability.

United Nations, World, 16 May 2013

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