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2 hrs ago | WTVR Richmond

Yemen army kills two at anti-election protest

People gather as smoke rises from the site of clashes between government forces and anti-election protesters in the southern Yemeni city of Dalea ADEN, Yemen - Yemeni troops killed two people on Thursday when they opened fire on a rally in the southern province of Dalea calling for a boycott of an election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah ... (more)

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2 hrs ago | Forward

Jachnun: Yemen's Shabbat Bread, Transformed

Jachnun is a show of human ingenuity - simple ingredients turned into a delicacy that can be served hot on Shabbat, given the limitations of poverty and Jewish religious law.

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3 hrs ago | Yemen Observer

Confrontations break out between Sothern militants and Yemen forces, two killed

At least two people were killed in clashes erupted in al-Dale province in South Yemen between Yemeni military forces and militants affiliated to the so called Southern Movement on Thursday, said local sources from Dale.

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12 hrs ago | International Business Times

Startling Photos of Mass Weddings Around the World

Mass weddings are preferred by several families due to economic reasons as the entire cost of the celebration is shared by multiple households.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Daily Kos

Operation Hajji Baba - The Pilgrim Airlift

Most of us have heard of the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift, when for almost a year the United States Air Force and the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force supplied food, fuel and other necessities to Berlin because the U.S.S.R. had imposed a blockade on the Allied controlled sectors of Berlin.

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The Miami Herald

5 Yemeni prisoners killed in riots

Security officials say five Yemeni prisoners have been killed in clashes after riots in a prison south of the capital as some tried to flee.

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Bellingham Herald

5 Yemeni prisoners killed in riots

The officials said the riots broke out Wednesday in the prison in the southern province of Dhamar, 60 miles south of Sanaa.

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Tri-cityherald.com

5 Yemeni prisoners killed in riots

Security officials say five Yemeni prisoners have been killed in clashes after riots in a prison south of the capital as some tried to flee.

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Middletown Journal

Report: Yemen killed 270 in Arab Spring protest

In this April 9, 2011 file photo, Yemeni army soldiers push back anti-government protestors attending a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz, Yemen.

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IRIN

YEMEN: Players who could throw the upcoming elections off-track

SANA'A, 8 February 2012 - After a year of mass demonstrations and street battles which brought the country to the brink of civil war, Yemen is preparing for presidential elections on 21 February; the sole candidate, Vice-President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi, kicked off his campaign yesterday.

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The Washington Post

Somali Pirates Cost $6.9 Billion as Attacks Reach Record

Somali pirates cost the shipping industry and governments as much as $6.9 billion last year as average ransom payments advanced 25 percent, according to One Earth Future Foundation.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

People's Daily Online

Saleh says to return home to vote in presidential elections

Outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, currently in the United States for medical treatment, said on Tuesday that he will return home to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, the state-run Saba news agency reported.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Will Qatar succeed where others have failed?

First there was the Saudi-sponsored Mecca Agreement between Fatah and Hamas in February 2007.

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Gulf Times

Yemen starts preparing for president vote

Yemen has begun a publicity campaign to get citizens to vote in the upcoming presidential election, officials said yesterday, part of a deal to ease President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office and pull the country back from the brink of civil war.

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Bangkok Post

Syrian forces pound Homs with rockets and mortars

Syrian forces on Monday pounded the powderkeg city of Homs with rockets and mortars, killing 17 people and wounding scores amid outrage over a Russia-China veto of a UN resolution to stop the violence.

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Al Bawaba

DP World's Aden container terminal handles its biggest ship ever

Aden Container Terminal , operated by global marine terminal operator DP World, has received and serviced the 8,441 TEU MSC Tomoko, the largest container vessel ever to call at the facility, located in Yemen's premier port city.

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Yemen Observer

Leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen kisses and bids final farewell to slain mid-level leader

The top leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular , Nasser Al Wahayshi, alias Abu Basir,was very keen on Wednesday to have the final look at his comrade Abdul Mumen Al Fathani who was killed one day earlier along with a number of fighters in an American air strike in Mudyah of the southern province of Abyan, mourners said on Thursday.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

Trend

One separatist protester killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces

Clashes erupted between Yemeni security forces and hundreds of separatist protesters on Sunday, leaving at least one demonstrator killed and five others wounded in the southeastern province of Hadramout, witnesses and medics said, Xinhua reported.

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Truthout

From a Tin Can To a Killer Vamp: The History of Drone Evolution

The first "robots" that did their dying for us were clunky little tin cans with wings on them.

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