Yemen capital's airport closed by protest
January 22, 2012 - 8:07pm
An official at the main airport serving Yemen's capital says that protesting troops have closed the runways with armored vehicles, demanding that the commander of the country's air force be replaced.
Troops hit protesters marching into Yemen capital
December 25, 2011 - 7:26am
Troops commanded by relatives of Yemen's outgoing president attacked a crowd of more than 100,000 protesters peacefully marching into the capital yesterday, killing at least nine and driving the president to promise...
Yemen sets date for presidential vote
November 27, 2011 - 4:15am
Yemen scheduled early presidential elections for early next year on yesterday in line with a power-sharing deal aimed at ending a nine-month political crisis, according to the country's official news agency.
Protesters reject Yemen president's power transfer
November 25, 2011 - 1:34pm
A U.S.-backed deal for Yemen's authoritarian president to step down falls far short of the demands of protesters fighting regime supporters on the streets of Sanaa in clashes that have left five dead.
Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising
November 24, 2011 - 5:12am
Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed yesterday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.
Yemen uprising binds women from many walks of life
November 6, 2011 - 4:00am
Early in Yemen's uprising, about 20 women with banners demanding equal rights marched into the heart of the capital, joining the thousands who were calling for the ouster of the president. They were greeted with...
Yemeni women burn their veils to protest crackdown
October 27, 2011 - 3:20am
Hundreds of Yemeni women on yesterday set fire to traditional female veils to protest the government's brutal crackdown against the country's popular uprising, as overnight clashes in the capital and another city...
6 protesters shot dead in clashes with Yemeni gov't troops
October 25, 2011 - 6:07pm
At least six protesters were killed Tuesday in clashes with government troops in Yemen's capital Sanaa and the southern province of Taiz, medics and witnesses said.
Yemen's capital Sanaa sees worst fighting in weeks
October 18, 2011 - 1:04pm
Fighting between troops loyal to Yemen's embattled leader and rival forces has killed at least 18 people, including eight supporters of a powerful tribal chief who defected to the opposition in March.
Fierce battles between gov't troops, dissident army rock Yemen
October 17, 2011 - 9:48am
Fierce street battles flared up Sunday evening between the Yemeni government troops and dissident army backed by opposition armed tribesmen in different parts of the capital, witnesses told Xinhua.
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