A request by Yemen’s former president to enter the United States for medical treatment remained in flux Tuesday, with Yemeni officials saying a U.S. visa has been approved but the Obama administration insisting it is still considering the matter. Ali Abdullah Saleh, who relinquished power to his vice president Friday, told reporters over the weekend in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, that he was planning to come to the United States to relieve tension after nine people were killed by government forces during mass protests related to the end of Saleh’s 33-year rule. Read full article > >

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Yemeni leader’s request for U.S. visa still in flux

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, the Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and the Yemeni journalist Tawakkol Karman were honored.

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Sirleaf, Gbowee and Karman Accept Nobel Peace Prizes

More than 400 troops defected from the Yemeni military Saturday evening, saying they would no longer attack unarmed protesters.

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Hundreds defect from Yemen’s military

At least 11 people are reported to have been killed in fighting in the Yemeni city of Taiz, as a visiting UN envoy presses for a peace deal to be implemented.

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‘Eleven killed’ in Yemen shelling

At least 11 people are reported to have been killed in fighting in the Yemeni city of Taiz, as a visiting UN envoy presses for a peace deal to be implemented.

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‘Eleven killed’ in Yemen shelling

SANAA, Yemen — Tribal elders say the son of slain U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in a U.S. missile strike along with six other al-Qaida militants, including the media chief of the terror group’s Yemeni branch. The elders in the southeastern province of Shabwa where the strike took place identified the son as 21-year-old Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki. There was no official confirmation of his death from Yemeni authorities. Read full article > >

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Yemen: Tribal elders say son of slain Yemeni-American al-Awlaki among dead in US airstrike

SANAA, Yemen — Renewed violence in the Yemeni capital killed at least 15 people Thursday as forces loyal to the regime and its opponents shelled each other’s strategic positions from hills surrounding the city, medical and security officials said. The shelling over Sanaa has terrified residents and emptied the streets, already pockmarked by ground battles between rival forces based in different corners of the capital. A number of shops in a main boulevard were scorched from earlier mortar fire, and oil spots covered the streets after electricity transformers took a hit. Read full article > >

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Clashes broke out in the Yemeni capital Thursday morning, raising doubts that a cease-fire announced on Tuesday night was holding.

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Snipers Imperil Truce in Yemen

The Obama administration has significantly increased the frequency of drone strikes and other air attacks against the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen in recent months amid rising concern about political collapse there. Some of the the strikes, carried out by the military’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) , have been focused in the southern part of the country, where insurgent forces have for the first time conquered and held territory as the Yemeni government continues to struggle against escalating opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule. Read full article > >

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Dozens of gunmen attack government buildings in the southern Yemeni town of Houta, raising fears that the country is falling into the hands of al-Qaeda.

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The Arab Spring has ruined Abdulwahab Abdulla al-Hajjri’s summer. “I was, of course, planning a vacation this summer,” said the Yemeni ambassador to the United States and the reigning diplomatic darling of Washington society. “And, of course, now I cannot.” Life has gotten extremely complicated for the highly social Hajjri. His brother-in-law, authoritarian Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, is in Saudi Arabia receiving treatment for severe burns suffered in a rebel attack on the presidential palace. Read full article > >

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Arab Spring ruining Yemeni diplomat’s summer

The Arab Spring has ruined Abdulwahab Abdulla al-Hajjri’s summer. “I was, of course, planning a vacation this summer,” said the Yemeni ambassador to the United States and the reigning diplomatic darling of Washington society. “And, of course, now I cannot.” Life has gotten extremely complicated for the highly social Hajjri. His brother-in-law, authoritarian Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, is in Saudi Arabia receiving treatment for severe burns suffered in a rebel attack on the presidential palace. Read full article > >

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Arab Spring ruining Yemeni diplomat’s summer

Ali Abdullah Saleh has long been in precarious political shape, but it’s now becoming clear that his physical state is in peril, too. The longtime Yemeni president left the country Sunday for treatment in Saudi Arabia after being injured in a rocket…

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Saleh’s Injuries Worse Than Known

President Ali Abdullah Saleh and other top officials are injured in an attack on the presidential mosque in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say.

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The toll from reported clashes between Yemeni security forces and anti-government protesters in Taiz grew to 11 dead and 160 wounded, medical officials said Monday.

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11 dead in Yemen fighting