Yemen

Yemen

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  Lawmakers consider regulating drone strikes

  CIA Director-designate John Brennan's vigorous defense of drone strikes to kill terror suspects — even American citizens — overseas is causing key ... 

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  Brennan defends drone strikes, even on Americans

  CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly defended anti-terror attacks by unmanned drones Thursday under close questioning at a protest-disrupted ... 

• Yemen seeks UN probe into ship seized with arms

  Yemen has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate a ship that Yemeni authorities said they seized with a cargo of Iranian-made missiles, ... 

• Yemen calls for Iran to stop sending arms

  The president of Yemen has sent a message to his Iranian counterpart calling on him to stop sending arms to Yemen and quit supporting the southern ... 

• Explosion at Yemen weapons depot kills 10

  A Yemeni military official says an explosion at a military weapons depot in northern Yemen has killed 10 civilians and soldiers. The blast took place ... 

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  Brennan's CIA bid chance to strike back at critics

  A Senate hearing on John Brennan's nomination to head the CIA could lay bare some parts of the secret war against al-Qaida: lethal drone strikes from ... 

• Yemen: Seized Iranian ship carried varied weapons

  A ship seized by Yemeni authorities last month carried a wide variety of Iranian-made weapons, Yemen's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. They included ... 

• Report: Corruption suspected in Mideast defense

  An international monitoring group on Wednesday warned that excessive secrecy in Mideast security agencies leaves countries like Egypt, Libya and ... 

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  Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes

  Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill ... 

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  Terrorists with Western links a growing threat

  They are called "homegrown terrorists," Western citizens highly prized by Islamic militant groups because they can move across borders and carry out ... 

• Yemini military: Town seized from al-Qaida

  The Yemeni military says it has wrested control of a southern town from al-Qaida fighters after three days of clashes that killed 17 people. 

• Yemen clashes between al-Qaida, militiamen kill 14

  Yemen's Defense Ministry says clashes in the south between al-Qaida militants and pro-government fighters have killed 14 on both sides. A ministry ... 

• Yemen seizes ship carrying weapons

  Yemeni authorities have seized a ship in the nation's territorial waters carrying explosives and weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, the state ... 

• 11 Yemen soldiers killed in car bombing

  A car bomb exploded Monday next to a military checkpoint in a central town where Yemeni government forces waged their first offensive targeting ... 

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  Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen succumbs to wounds

  Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country's official news agency and a ... 

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  In Davos, examining the Arab Spring's mixed bag

  The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much ... 

• Yemen: US drone strike kills 7 suspected militants

  Yemeni officials say a U.S. drone strike on a car outside the capital of Sanaa has killed at least seven suspected al-Qaida militants. The officials ... 

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  Yemen: US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida militants

  Yemeni security officials say an airstrike launched by a U.S. drone killed at least three suspected al-Qaida militants in a province near the Saudi ... 

• Groups seek $716m for Yemen humanitarian crisis

  Yemen's government and international donors must allocate over $700 million to help ease a deepening humanitarian crisis that includes widespread ... 

• At least 13 suspected al-Qaida men killed in Yemen

  A Yemen security official says an explosion in the province of Bayda has killed at least 13 suspected al-Qaida militants. The official in Bayda's ... 

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  US helping but hesitant on Mali intervention

  The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and ... 

• Senior Yemeni police official assassinated

  A Yemeni security official says gunmen on a motorcycle killed a senior police official in a drive-by shooting south of the capital city of Sanaa. Col. 

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  Panetta: No US troops on the ground in Mali

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that the U.S. has ruled out putting any American troops on the ground in Mali, but officials are hoping ... 

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  Undercover agent details terrorism-sting specifics

  An Oregon terrorism suspect allegedly waited just 12 minutes to tell a man he thought was an al-Qaida recruiter that he wanted to detonate a bomb in ... 

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  AP Interview: Dane's life as a spy inside al-Qaida

  After converting to Islam, a former member of a Danish motorcycle gang travels to Yemen to study the Quran and soon comes in contact with radical ...