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Two blasts rock state building in Yemeni capital, no casualties

Sana'a, Yemen - Two explosions rocked a building run by the customs authority in the Yemeni capital Sana'a Wednesday, but no casualties were reported, witnesses and police officials said.

Two soldiers killed as Yemen army-rebel fighting continues

Sana'a, Yemen  -  At least two army troops were killed and eight wounded in fighting with Shiite rebels in the restive north- western Yemeni province of Saada, local sources said on Tuesday.

Qatari mediators to resume Yemen reconciliation efforts

Sana'a, Yemen  - A Qatari mediation team in Yemen will resume on Thursday efforts to implement a reconciliation deal between authorities and Shiite rebels a week after the talks were suspended, a p

Japanese oil tanker attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden

Sana'a, Yemen  - Somali pirates opened fire at a Japanese oil tanker off Yemen's territorial waters in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, but no reports of casualties among crew, a Yemeni port official sa

Yemeni legislator killed in ambush in restive Saada province

Sana'a, Yemen  -  Unknown gunmen ambushed and killed Yemeni member of parliament Saleh al-Hindi in the restive northern province of Saada on Friday, sources said.

Yemen arrests al-Qaeda man after attack targeted Americans

Yemen arrests al-Qaeda man after attack targeted AmericansSana'a, Yemen - Yemeni police arrested an al-Qaeda suspect on Monday, one day after a mortar attack against a housing complex for US citizens and other Westerners in the capital Sana'a, a security source said.

The source, quoted by a web site run by the Defence Ministry, said Abdullah al-Raimi was arrested in Sana'a. The unnamed source described al-Raimi as "one of the dangerous al-Qaeda members."

He said al-Raimi was "suspected to have been involved in several terrorist operations against Yemen recently."

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