Yemen passes emergency laws to quell protests
www.guardian MPs back president’s move to suspend constitution, ban street protests and give security agencies greater powers of arrest Yemeni MPs raise their hands as they vote in favour of a state of...
View ArticleOfficials: Yemen a Bigger Security Threat Than Libya
WASHINGTON — As the United States spearheads the attack against Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s military assets, key former officials said an even bigger threat to U.S. national security comes from...
View ArticleMoment of truth for Yemen
reliefweb “The shooting started from different buildings around the same time and continued for more than 30 minutes.” An eyewitness describing to Amnesty International an attack on a protest camp in...
View ArticleAuthorities gun down protesters in Syria and Yemen
http://www.dw-world Thousands of Syrians called for the ouster of President Assad, while Yemenis demanded their leader step down. In both countries, protesters were shot by security forces. Thousands...
View ArticleYemen crisis: Protesters keep up pressure on Saleh
bbc Thousands of anti-government protesters are standing their ground in the capital of Yemen, despite a deal that would see the president step down. Protesters occupying a permanent camp in Sanaa say...
View ArticleEscalating violence may push Yemen towards civil war, warns UN human rights...
un.org Yemenis protesting against the government in Sana’a 27 May 2011 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced alarm at the escalating violence in Yemen, which it said may push the...
View ArticleYemen slides into civil war
csmonitor Antigovernment protesters react as they block the road with rocks and burning tires during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen, on Wednesday, June 1. After months of trying to...
View ArticleYemen’s President Saleh ‘wounded in palace attack’
telegraph Four of his guards were killed and the speaker of the parliament was in a critical condition after shells hit a mosque in the compound. The prime minister was also reportedly injured in the...
View ArticleWho will lead Yemen now?
csmonitor Yemen‘s main political opposition accepted a transfer of power to the country’s vice president after President Ali Abdullah Saleh traveled to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment following an...
View ArticleTribal fighters take over major city in Yemen, eyewitnesses say
cnn.com Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (pictured in 2008) was injured Friday from an attack at his presidential compound. (CNN) — Tribal fighters took control of a top Yemeni city on Tuesday, a...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Yemen threatens more prison breaks to free militants
globalpost.com A police trooper inspects a vehicle at the entrance of the Sanaa International Airport on August 7, 2013. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images) Advertisement Al Qaeda’s Yemen faction is...
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