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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Yemen president injured in attack

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

After about 300 gunmen allegedly loyal to al Qaeda captured the Yemeni coastal city of Zinjibar, Yemeni forces struck back Sunday, shelling the capital of the southern province of Abyan. The militants took over government institutions there, and had…

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Yemeni Forces Battle Islamist Militants

Security forces battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital with fighters from the country’s most powerful tribe, which has joined the opposition.

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Yemen President’s Forces Battle Tribe

Heavy fighting breaks out in the Yemeni capital Sanaa between members of a powerful anti-government tribe and security forces.

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Major Yemeni tribe battles police

At least three anti-government protesters are killed and scores wounded in clashes with security forces in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz.

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Yemeni forces fire on protesters

A billionaire Yemeni sheik met with a high-ranking officer from the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa less than two years ago and revealed a secret plan to overthrow President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s longtime autocratic ruler.

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U.S. was told of Yemen leader’s vulnerability

With his position increasingly weakened by weeks of protests and high-profile defections on Monday, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has announced he’ll step down by January 2012. But he warned that there could be a civil war if protests continue,…

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Yemen’s President: I’ll Step Down by 2012

Libya may be getting most of the attention, but keep an eye on Yemen: Three army commanders, including a top general, have defected to the opposition. The general, Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, was close to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. “We announce we…

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Army Commanders Defect in Yemen

Thirteen Somalis and a Yemeni plead not guilty to charges over the hijacking of a yacht near Oman that ended with the deaths of four US sailors.

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‘Pirates’ in court over US deaths

Security forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa open fire on protesters calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, injuring at least 50.

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Police open fire at Yemen protest