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Military plane crashes in Yemeni capital during training flight
Associated PressSANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military plane on a training exercise exploded in midair over the country's capital on Monday, killing the pilot and slamming into a residential neighborhood, according to an army official. Fragments of the plane hit...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Vladimir Putin, Military Equipment, Yemen
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Yemenis languish in Guantanamo prison with scant hope of release
Reuters* Hunger strike refocuses attention on Guantanamo inmates * Families of inmates worried * Yemen says US cites lack of stability to justify keeping inmates By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, April 29 (Reuters) - Awdah al-Shabati has never seen her father...Tags: Lawyers, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Navy, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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Yemen drone strike kills two suspected militants-security source
ReutersSANAA, April 21 (Reuters) - Two suspected members of al Qaeda were killed on Sunday in a U.S. drone strike on a site used for training members of the Islamist network in central Yemen's Marib province, a security official told Reuters. The official...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Yemen
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Japanese architect Toyo Ito, 71, wins Pritzker Prize
Los Angeles Times Architecture CriticIn a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year’s Pritzker Prize. After honoring younger and lesser-known figures in recent years -- including 49-year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012 --...Tags: Architecture, Skype, Ryue Nishizawa, Fumihiko Maki, Glenn Murcutt
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Japan's Toyo Ito wins Pritzker architecture prize
In a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year’s Pritzker Prize. After honoring younger and lesser-known figures in recent years -- including 49-year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012 --...
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Poultry Crawl to feature delicious dishes at top Sioux Falls restaurants
SIOUX FALLS - South Dakota food lovers will have a unique opportunity on February 25th. Not only will they be able to sample delicious poultry dishes at a few of Sioux Falls' top restaurants, they'll also be dining with the farmers who made the meal...Tags: Consumers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Security Official for U.S. Embassy in Yemen Killed
CNNSanaa, Yemen -- A member of the team investigating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was killed Thursday, Yemeni officials said. The Yemeni national, a security official at the embassy, was shot dead on his way to work, Interior Ministry officials...Tags: Al-Qaeda, CNN (tv network), Arabian Peninsula, U.S. Embassy, Yemen
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Pakistan Protest Against Anti-Muslim Film Turns Deadly
CNNThe United States braced Saturday for more protests over an independently produced anti-Islam film that has ignited anger in the Muslim world, temporarily closing some of its diplomatic missions and warning American citizens in some countries to be...Tags: Computer Crime, Murder, News Agency, Hamid Karzai, Benghazi
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Protests turn violent outside U.S. Embassies in Egypt, Yemen
Riot police fired warning shots and tear gas early Thursday outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to keep hundreds of protesters, while demonstrators in the Yemeni capital city of Sana'a breached a wall at the American mission, witnesses and government...
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Militants Kill American Teacher In Yemen
ReutersSANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen linked to al Qaeda shot dead an American teacher in Yemen on Sunday, accusing him of Christian "proselytizing", and officials said government forces had killed a dozen militants in clashes and attacks on their strongholds. The...Tags: Teachers, Al-Qaeda, Government, Politics, National Government
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Yemeni leader says he will step down by year's end
The Associated PressYemen’s embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down more than a year early but refused to immediately resign on Tuesday, infuriating tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding his ouster. The opposition said it would not accept President...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Crimes, Texas, Murder, Demonstration
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CIA drone kills former San Diego cleric
SANAA, Yemen -- Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al Qaeda who was once an imam at a San Diego-area mosque, was killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen on Friday, U.S. officials said.
Al-Awlaki's death, confirmed by U.S. and Yemeni officials,...Tags: Murder, Government, National Government, Religious Conflicts, Punishment
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