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Pentagon Sending Trainers Back Into Yemen

Associated Press — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:29:48 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is sending military trainers back into Yemen for what it calls "routine" cooperation with Yemeni security forces.

A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. John Kirby, said Tuesday that "small numbers" of U

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Al-Qaida Says It Killed American Teacher In Yemen

Associated Press — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:18:01 +0000

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the killing of American teacher Joel Shrum.

Thursday's statement, which was posted on a militant website, accuses the 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, of proselytizing in the mainly Muslim Arab nation

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Red Cross Confirms Staff Kidnapped In Yemen

Associated Press — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:40:24 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — Three Red Cross workers including a foreign national have been kidnapped while traveling in Yemen's restive south, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.

The three — an ICRC delegate and her Yemeni driver, and a staff member of the Yemeni Red Crescent— were delivering food to refugees in the province of Lahj north of the port city of Aden, said an ICRC spokesman in Geneva

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White House Calls For New Elections In Yemen

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:28:38 +0000

WASHINGTON — The White House is calling on Yemen's president to transfer power and hold presidential elections by the end of the year.

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