Al-Qaeda militants swept into the Yemeni town of Rada overnight and overran it within hours, marking a significant advance by the extremists towards the capital, officials said on Monday.

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Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated on Thursday in several cities voicing their rejection of a Gulf Arab deal to grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, witnesses said.

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Several al-Qaeda militants escaped early on Monday from a prison in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, officials said, tunneling their way out in the second such spectacular jailbreak this year.

Yemini 'Arab Spring' activist Tawakkol Karman, who received the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, lamented that she could not stand as a candidate in her country's presidential elections in February.

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Yemini 'Arab Spring' activist Tawakkol Karman, who received the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, lamented that she could not stand as a candidate in her country's presidential elections in February.

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Yemini 'Arab Spring' activist Tawakkol Karman, who received the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, lamented that she could not stand as a candidate in her country's presidential elections in February.

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Yemen's new prime minister said on Tuesday that an interim government intended to pull the country back from the brink of civil war would be formed in the next 48 hours.

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to sign a Gulf power transfer initiative made by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the country's state TV said.

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday to hand over his powers after 33 years in office which Saudi King Abdullah hailed as marking a "new page" in the impoverished country's h

Yemen’s defence ministry says government troops have killed six fighters Al Qaeda in a southern town and arrested the militants' leader during the fighting.