Gulf countries denounce Shiite rebel's 'coup' in Yemen
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Ahmed Al-Haj
| February 8, 2015 - 6:42am
A group of Gulf countries denounced the Shiite rebel takeover of Yemen as a "coup" yesterday, calling for the United Nations to take action as thousands demonstrated in the streets against their power grab. ...
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Yemen's crisis reflects arc of Arab Spring revolts
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Hamza Hendawi
| October 13, 2014 - 4:41am
Yemen's 2011 Arab Spring revolt began with a nucleus of young men and women, a mix of socialists, secularists and moderate Islamists.
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Rights group urges Yemen to probe use of force
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Ahmed Al-Haj
| September 15, 2014 - 5:16am
An international rights group urged Yemeni authorities on yesterday to investigate what it called "unnecessary use of lethal force" against demonstrators led by Shiite rebels in the capital who are demanding the...
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Last-minute effort to end crisis with Yemen rebels
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Ahmed Al-Haj
| September 2, 2014 - 6:11am
A Yemeni presidential envoy traveled yesterday to the northern stronghold of powerful Shiite rebels for a last-minute effort to end a standoff with the government, an official and a rebel representative said.
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Americans in Yemen shooting were getting haircuts
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Ahmed Al-Haj
| May 12, 2014 - 4:14am
One of the two officers at the US Embassy in Yemen who shot and killed a pair of suspected al-Qaeda gunmen was getting a haircut at a barbershop when the attempted abduction took place, Yemeni security officials...
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Al-Qaida apologizes for Yemen attack that killed 7 Pinoys
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Maamoun Youssef
| December 23, 2013 - 8:42am
In a rare public apology, the militant leader of al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has said that one of his fighters disobeyed orders...
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DFA raises alert level 3 in Yemen
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Louis Bacani
| December 9, 2013 - 6:02pm
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday raised alert level 3 in Yemen where seven Filipinos where killed in a suicide...
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DFA: 7 Filipinos dead, 11 more hurt in Yemen attack
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Louis Bacani
| December 6, 2013 - 11:20am
(UPDATED) Seven Filipino medical workers were among the 52 killed in a suicide bombing attack in Yemen's capital, the...
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US to reopen 18 diplomatic missions after threat
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Matthew Lee
| August 10, 2013 - 9:51am
Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates that were closed in the Middle East and Africa because of a terrorist threat...
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Yemen's government says it foiled al-Qaeda plots
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Ahmed Al-Haj
| August 8, 2013 - 5:21am
Authorities foiled plots by Al-Qaeda to take over key cities in southern Yemen and attack strategic ports and gas facilities, a government spokesman said yesterday amid a heightened alert that has seen Western embassies...
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