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Yemen's main oil pipeline attacked, flow of crude halted

June 14 - Tribesmen blew up Yemen's main oil export pipeline on Friday, halting the flow of crude just a day after it had been repaired following a similar attack last month, a local official said.

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Yemen inflation hits 14-mth high of 14 pct in April

DUBAI, June 11 - Annual inflation in Yemen surged to 14 percent in April, the highest level since February 2012, fuelled by rises in the prices of food, tobacco and qat, central bank data showed on Tuesday.

11 Jun 2013

Yemen c.bank exceeds legal cap on govt loans by $1.6 bln

DUBAI, June 10 - Yemen's central bank exceeded the legal limit on how much it may lend to the government by 347.9 billion rials ($1.6 billion) last year, its annual financial statement showed.

10 Jun 2013

Yemen launches assaults on al Qaeda, several killed

ADEN - At least 11 people were killed in Yemeni army operations against al Qaeda-linked militants on Wednesday, including an offensive in eastern Yemen, where fighters had declared their aim to set up an Islamist state.

World, 06 Jun 2013

Yemen launches assault on al Qaeda, several killed

ADEN - At least nine people were killed on Wednesday when Yemeni troops launched an offensive on an eastern city, targeting al Qaeda-linked fighters who have declared they aim to set up an Islamist state there, officials and residents said.

World, 05 Jun 2013

Obama must follow Guantanamo promise with action - Yemen

JEDDAH - Yemen gave a qualified welcome on Sunday to U.S. President Barack Obama's promise to lift a ban on repatriating Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, saying he now had to back up his words with actions.

World, 02 Jun 2013

Soldiers foil suicide attack on Yemen gas pumping station

ADEN - Yemeni soldiers shot at a suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber on Sunday as he tried to ram an explosives-laden vehicle into a gas pumping station in the south, a local official said.

World, 02 Jun 2013

Soldiers foil suicide attack on Yemen gas pumping station

ADEN, June 2 - Yemeni soldiers shot at a suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber on Sunday as he tried to ram an explosives-laden vehicle into a gas pumping station in the south, a local official said.

02 Jun 2013

Two drone strikes kill seven in southern Yemen - local official

ADEN - Two drone strikes killed seven suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, a local official said, nine days after U.S. President Barack Obama said he would only use such strikes when a threat was "continuing and imminent".

World, 01 Jun 2013

5.7 earthquake reported off coast of Yemen

- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck off the coast of Yemen early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Environment, Environment, 27 May 2013

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