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Three suspected militants killed in drone strike south Yemen: official

ADEN - At least three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Thursday in east Yemen by missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft, the third such strike in under a week, a government official said.

Yemen's president meets senators as U.S. grapples with Guantanamo detainee issue

WASHINGTON - Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi talked to U.S. senators on Wednesday as he to tries to persuade Washington to repatriate dozens of Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Politics, World, 31 Jul 2013

Drone strike kills four militants in Yemen: residents

DUBAI - Rockets fired from unmanned aircraft killed at least four suspected Islamist militants in southern Yemen late on Saturday, residents said.

World, Aerospace & Defense, 28 Jul 2013

Main Yemen oil export pipeline blown up, flow halted: officials

SANAA - Tribesmen blew up impoverished Yemen's main oil export pipeline on Thursday, halting the flow of its main source of foreign currency, security and oil officials said.

World, 25 Jul 2013

Yemen journalist pardoned after three years in prison

SANAA - A Yemeni journalist and expert on al Qaeda has been released after serving three years of a five-year sentence for aiding the Islamist militant network in Yemen, the president's office said on Wednesday.

World, 24 Jul 2013

Yemen journalist pardoned after three years in prison

SANAA, July 24 - A Yemeni journalist and expert on al Qaeda has been released after serving three years of a five-year sentence for aiding the Islamist militant network in Yemen, the president's office said on Wednesday.

Gunmen abduct Iranian embassy worker in Yemeni capital

SANAA - Armed men kidnapped an employee of the Iranian embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday, police sources said, the latest in a series of abductions of foreigners in the lawless Arab country.

World, 21 Jul 2013

Gunmen abduct Iran embassy employee in Yemen: police sources

SANAA - Armed men seized an employee of the Iranian embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday, police sources said, the latest in a series of abductions of foreigners in the lawless Arab country.

World, 21 Jul 2013

Saudi suspect in underwear bomb plots trained others, U.S. says

ASPEN, Colo. - The United States believes the Saudi man suspected of designing underwear bombs for al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate has trained a small number of people on his advanced bomb-making techniques, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

World, 19 Jul 2013

Arabian al Qaeda's number two confirmed dead - AQAP

DUBAI - A Saudi second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen, AQAP said on Wednesday.

World, 17 Jul 2013

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