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Yemen goes to the polls
21/02/2012 - World news explained

Yemen goes to the polls

Yemen is trying to move on after a period of revolt and instability under former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

25/11/2011 - Yemen

UN-backed deal fails to stop violence in Yemen

Fierce clashes broke out between rival security forces in the Yemeni capital on Friday, two days after President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a power transfer deal aimed at ending the violence which ...

The beginning of the end for Saleh
25/11/2011 - World news explained

The beginning of the end for Saleh

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally signed a deal to hand over his powers after 33 years in office, ending ...

14/11/2011 - France - Yemen

Three French hostages freed by suspected al-Qaeda militants

Three French hostages kidnapped by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen more than five months ago have arrived in Oman after being freed.

UN says 3,500 anti-regime protestors have died in Syria since March 2011
14/11/2011 - Syria - European Union - Arab League

We will not budge says Syrian FM Walid Muallem

International pressure continues to mount on the Syrian regime over its crackdown on protests after the Arab League announced a new meeting days after voting to suspend Damascus and diplomats in ...

17/10/2011 - Yemen

At least eight killed in overnight clashes in Yemen capital

At least eight people were killed and 27 wounded in deadly overnight clashes in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, between tribes and troops opposing veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh and regime ...

Yemen's President Ali Abdallah Saleh on 25 September 2011
08/10/2011

Yemen's President Saleh says he will step down

In a state TV address on Saturday, Yemen’s president Ali Abdallah Saleh announced that he will step down within days.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
07/10/2011 - Nobel Peace Prize

Three women share 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to three women – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni journalist and activist Tawakul Karman.

30/09/2011 - Yemen

US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi reportedly killed in Yemen

Yemen’s Defence Ministry says radical US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi has been killed along with several other suspected Al-Qaeda operatives.

29/09/2011 - Yemen

Heavy fighting in Sanaa ahead of youth march

Clashes between troops loyal to embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and forces led by defected General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar broke out in Sanaa Thursday, reports say.

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