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Yemen Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Yemen.

Results 1 - 20 of 2,262 in Yemen

  1. Capital's 'Florist of Arabia' is honoured for botanical workRead the original story

    1 hr ago | News.scotsman.com

    YOU could say he is the florist of Arabia. An Edinburgh botanist has just been honoured by the Saudi government for decades of conservation work in the country.

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  2. Driver: U.S. missed chances at bin LadenRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Seattle Times

    ... bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa. Or after the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, in Aden, Yemen, which left 17 U.S. sailors dead. Instead, "bin Laden was emboldened." So he struck with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and nearly ...

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  3. Suicide bomber kills policeman in YemenRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The News

    SANAA: One policeman was killed and 17 people were wounded when a suicide bomber in a car detonated his device outside a police headquarters in the east Yemen town of Sayun, local police said.

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  4. Bin Laden's driver told FBI escape was U.S. faultRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | MiamiHerald.com

    ... bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa. Or after the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, in Aden, Yemen, which left 17 U.S. sailors dead. Instead, ''bin Laden was emboldened.'' So he struck with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. And ...

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  5. Suicide blast kills Yemeni policemanRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Gulf Times

    ... architecture. The attack was claimed by a little-known Islamist radical group, the Organisation of Islamic Jihad in Yemen. "We, the Organisation of Islamic Jihad in Yemen, claim responsibility for the martyr attack in Hadramut, and congratulate the ...

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  6. Suicide bomber in Yemen kills policemanRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Daily Star

    SANAA: One policeman was killed and 17 people were wounded when a suicide bomber in a car detonated his device outside a police headquarters in the east Yemen town of Sayun on Friday, local police said.

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  7. Attack on police station in Yemen kills twoRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Peninsula

    SANAA * Two people were killed and at least 18 others injured when a car was rammed into a police station in Yemen's Hadramout province early yesterday, a security source said.

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  8. SABA: Suicide car bomb kills two, wounds 17 in YemenRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Kazinform

    SANAA. July 25. KAZINFORM. Two people, including a policeman, were killed and some 17 others slightly injured in a car bomb attack in Yemen's eastern city of Sayun early on Friday, the Yemeni official SABA news ...

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  9. Two dead, 20 injured in Yemen attackRead the original story

    Yesterday | Manawatu Evening Standard

    Two people were killed and 20 others injured when a car was rammed into a police station in Yemen's Hadramaut province, Al Arabiya television reported.

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  10. Yemen: Car bombing hits police headquartersRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

    A large explosion shook police headquarters in the east Yemen town of Sayun on Friday, local officials said.

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  11. Two killed, 18 injured in Yemen attack: sourceRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Reuters

    SANAA - Two people were killed and at least 18 others injured when a car was rammed into a police station in Yemen's Hadramout province early on Friday, a security source said.The driver tried to enter the ...

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  12. 864 in custody after protestsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Gulfnews

    Sana'a: A total of 864 people involved in violent protests south of Yemen have been detained since last March, reports a human rights group.

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  13. Bin Laden's driver was aware of terrorist attacks: witnessRead the original story

    Yesterday | The News

    ... of Hamdan in 2002 and 2003. In their first meeting, Hamdan told bin Laden he came from the same region in Yemen as bin Laden's father, helping to win the trust of the al-Qaeda leader, said Ali Soufan, an FBI expert on the terror network. Hamdan was ... 2 comments

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  14. Witness says Osama's driver was aware of terrorist attacksRead the original story

    Yesterday | Channelnewsasia.com

    ... interrogations of Hamdan in 2002 and 2003. In their first meeting, Hamdan told Osama he came from the same region in Yemen as his father, helping to win the trust of the Al-Qaeda leader, said Ali Soufan, an FBI expert on the terror network. Hamdan ...

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  15. USAID donates US$1.7 million in food aidRead the original story

    Thursday | IRIN

    The United States Agency for International Development has donated US$1.7 million in urgent food aid for conflict-affected civilians in northern Yemen as well as Somali refugees in the south.

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  16. YEMEN: The conflict in Saada Governorate - analysisRead the original story

    Thursday | IRIN News

    ... areas are Shia - specifically, followers of the Zaydi doctrine. (For more on this and the history of the Zaydis in Yemen, click here ). The Zaydis ruled Yemen for 1,000 years up until 1962. During this time they ferociously defended their ...

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  17. 'Bin Laden's driver was an accomplice'Read the original story

    Thursday | Independent Online

    ... of Hamdan in 2002 and 2003. In their first meeting, Hamdan told bin Laden he came from the same region in Yemen as bin Laden's father, helping to win the trust of the al-Qaeda leader, said Ali Soufan, an FBI expert on the terror network. Hamdan was ...

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  18. Yemen's grandest mosques depict history's artistic sideRead the original story

    Wednesday | Yemen Times

    ... of construction style, decoration, carving and beautification. Carving was the most prevalent art form in ancient Yemen. Archeological researcher Ali Ahmed Dariss notes that the Grand Mosque in the Old City of Sana'a and several other mosques, ...

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  19. Deputy Chair of the Women's National Committee on Women's...Read the original story

    Wednesday | Yemen Times

    Hooria Mashhour, Deputy Chair of Yemen's Women's National Committee expressed her concern for Yemen's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which the ...

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  20. Lessons from Round V - Is Sa'adaRead the original story

    Wednesday | Yemen Times

    Is Sa'ada (Yemen) at peace now? (2/2) By: Hassan Al-Haifi "It is over"! "The war in Sa'ada is not yet quite over"! "The President 'talked' to A. M. Huthi". "The President 'did not talk' to the field leader of the diehard Huthi fighters". "The Huthis ...

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