Yemen

  • Dec 7, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL: US unaware of bin Laden whereabouts

The United States does not know where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is and has had no reliable...

United States
  • Nov 25, 2009
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YEMEN: Secessionist protests strain fragile regime

Three protestors and two security officials were killed today in clashes during a 1,000-strong...

Yemen
  • Nov 19, 2009
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YEMEN/SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh may face policy rethink

Yemen's government reported yesterday that it had killed two leaders of the northern rebel...

Saudi Arabia
  • Nov 11, 2009
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YEMEN/SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh blocks rebel arms shipments

Saudi Arabia has today imposed a naval blockade on Yemen's northern Red Sea coast, to prevent...

Saudi Arabia
  • Nov 5, 2009
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SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN: Reported strikes suggest reprisals

Unconfirmed reports this morning on the London-based Saudi website, Elaph, stated that the Saudi...

Saudi Arabia
  • Oct 14, 2009
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MIDDLE EAST: Presidential security states take shape

Talk of a third wave of democratisation or of a global move towards greater political and...

Middle East
  • Oct 13, 2009
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SAUDI ARABIA: Regional issues require Riyadh action

Saudi Arabia has substantial financial resources and an improving defensive capability but lacks...

Saudi Arabia
  • Oct 2, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL: Al-Qaida capabilities are weakening

Transnational Islamist terrorism has been contained but not vanquished. Al-Qaida's capabilities...