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Russia to Join Friends of Yemen Meeting in Riyadh

17:48 22/05/2012 RIYADH, May 22 (RIA Novosti)

Russia will take part in a Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting to be held on Wednesday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a Foreign Ministry official said.

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Suicide Bomber Kills 96 at Yemen Military Parade
14:20 21/05/2012
A suicide bomber killed at least 96 soldiers and injured 300 during a rehearsal for a military parade on Monday in the capital of Yemen, Sana'a, Al Arabiya news agency reported.
Double Agent in U.S. Plane Bomb Plot ‘British National’
05:34 11/05/2012
The spy who helped thwart a plot to bomb a U.S.-bound plane was a British national of Middle Eastern origin, U.S. media reported, quoting unidentified sources.
Senior Al-Qaeda Militant Killed in Yemen
05:15 07/05/2012
One of the FBI’s ten most wanted terrorists was killed in Yemen on Sunday evening, The New York Times said.
Strasbourg Court Backs Five Terror Suspects' Extradition from UK
18:00 10/04/2012
The European Court of Human Rights has approved the extradition of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects, including a man accused of raising money for Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, from Britain to the United States, British and U.S. media reported on Tuesday.
At Least 60 Soldiers Killed in South Yemen Al-Qaeda Fights
06:16 10/04/2012
At least 60 soldiers were killed in armed clashes with militants from Yemeni-based al-Qaeda wing in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, Xinhua news agency reported.
Worldwide Executions 'Surge' - Amnesty International
13:18 27/03/2012
Amnesty International says the number of executions carried out worldwide surged in 2011 despite continuing progress toward the elimination of capital punishment.1
Due West: Is Russia Changing Tack on Syria?
19:03 21/03/2012
Interviewing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for Kommersant FM radio last Monday was an interesting experience. Russia's diplomat-in-chief was glad to be able to engage in some ping-pong on issues like the death penalty in Belarus, U.S.-Russian relations, Iran’s nuclear program and, of course, the Syrian crisis.3
Al-Qaeda gunmen claim they killed U.S. teacher in Yemen
17:36 18/03/2012
Gunmen shot dead an American teacher in the Yemeni province of Taiz on Sunday, U.S. media reported with a reference to high-ranking defense ministry officials.
Suicide Bombing Hits Yemeni Guard Camp
12:39 03/03/2012
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a camp belonging to Yemen’s Republican Guard troops in the southwest of the country days after Al-Qaeda claimed a similar attack that killed 26 soldiers, world media said referring to the Yemeni army.
Medvedev Hails Progress in Yemen Transition to Stability
13:13 26/02/2012
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hailed progress in Yemen’s efforts to restore stability and security in the country and confirmed Russia’s intention to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press office said on its website on Sunday.
Car Bomb Kills 26 in Yemen as President Vows to Fight Terror
19:34 25/02/2012
At least 26 people were killed in a car bomb attack in southern Yemen just hours after the country’s new president vowed to crack down on terrorism in his inauguration speech on Saturday, international media reported.1
Hadi Takes Oath as Yemen's New President
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Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi took the constitutional oath as Yemen's new president on Saturday after winning a single candidate vote that ended Ali Abdullah Saleh's decades-long rule.
Yemeni Sole Presidential Candidate Wins 65% of Vote
07:43 25/02/2012
Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the sole candidate at the country’s presidential election this week, has garnered 65 percent of the vote, world media agencies reported on Saturday.
Moscow Lauds Presidential Elections in Yemen
18:26 22/02/2012
Russia has lauded Yemeni efforts in organizing and carrying out early presidential elections in the Arab state amid political uncertainty and spreading anarchy, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Wednesday.
Yemen Holds One-Candidate Presidential Election
05:01 21/02/2012
Yemen will hold on Tuesday presidential elections marred by political uncertainty and spreading anarchy in the volatile Arab nation 1
Moscow and the West Once Again Cross Swords Over Syria
23:56 01/02/2012
Next Thursday (February 2), the UN Security Council will vote on a new West- and LAS-sponsored draft resolution on Syria urging President Bashar al-Assad to resign and delegate his powers to Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa.
Pentagon to Send Floating Base to Mideast - Paper
09:34 28/01/2012
The Pentagon is going to send a large floating base to the Middle East, The Washington Post said.
Arab Spring Comparable to Collapse of Soviet Union - Freedom House
11:40 19/01/2012
The political unrest that swept the Arab world last year, which became known as the “Arab spring”, has become the most significant event in the struggle for civil rights, comparable to the downfall of Soviet Union in 1991, the human right organization Freedom House said in a report released on Thursday.2
Yemen govt. grants immunity to President Saleh, aides
04:02 09/01/2012
Yemen’s interim government has approved a draft law of amnesty, which gives President Ali Abdullah Saleh and all his aides immunity from any prosecution, the official Saba news agency reported.

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