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Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen

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SANAA - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said.

Pakistani interrogator says Osama bin Laden wives gave little away

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a U.S. raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said.

Yemen LNG reopens after latest pipe repair

DUBAI, May 24 - Yemen LNG resumed operations on Wednesday after completing its latest gas feed pipeline repair, the company said in a statement.

24 May 2012

Yemen government troops advance; donors pledge $4 bln aid

ADEN/RIYADH - Yemeni government troops battled Islamist militants in two southern cities on Wednesday as international donors met in Saudi Arabia to pledge $4 billion to help stabilise a state that has become a base for al Qaeda.

World, 24 May 2012

Yemen starving as world stands by - aid groups

LONDON - Almost half of Yemen's population does not have enough food to eat and world powers are unwilling to help because of the unstable political situation, seven aid agencies said on Wednesday.

World, 23 May 2012

Sombre Yemen parade takes place after huge bomb attack

SANAA - Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield by the president, in a show of defiance one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal.

World, 22 May 2012

Suicide bomber kills 90 in Yemen, al Qaeda vows more attacks

SANAA - A suicide bomber in army uniform killed more than 90 soldiers in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday and an al Qaeda affiliate threatened more attacks if a U.S.-backed campaign against militants in the front-line state did not stop.

World, Top News 22 May 2012

Yemen bomb is response to U.S. war: Qaeda

SANAA - Al Qaeda's wing in Yemen said a suicide bombing on Monday that killed 90 people was in revenge for what it called the U.S. war on its followers in southern Yemen and that it had targetted the Yemeni defence minister and his top commanders.

World, 21 May 2012

U.S. tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

CAMP DAVID, Maryland - President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said on Saturday.

World, Syria 21 May 2012

Yemen clashes kill 34 militants, soldiers - officials

ADEN, Yemen - At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in the south of the country, officials said on Saturday.

World, 20 May 2012