Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said.

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Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalized

Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 11 al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, Yemeni military officials said.

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Drone Strike Kills 6 Qaeda Militants, Yemen Says

Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, a senior Qaeda militant who has been on the F.B.I.’s Most Wanted list in connection with the U.S.S. Cole bombing, was killed, Yemeni officials said.

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Militant Tied to Bombing of U.S.S. Cole Said to Be Killed

The nephew of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is reported to have agreed to stand down as head of the Presidential Guard.

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Saleh nephew ‘quits Yemen army’

Twelve people are killed in an al-Qaeda attack on a checkpoint in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, police say.

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Militants attack Yemen checkpoint

Gunmen have seized the Saudi deputy consul in the southern Yemeni city of Aden outside his home, police say.

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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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At least 15 killed in Yemeni capital as shelling continues

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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