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"Please Save Her, Time Running Out": Mother Of Kerala Nurse Sentenced To Death In Yemen
The mother of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national, has made an impassioned appeal for assistance to save her daughter's life.
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24 Bahais Could Face Death Penalty In Yemen For Their Religious Beliefs
Twenty-four Yemenis, including a teenage girl, could face the death penalty in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on charges linked to their minority Bahai faith, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
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Suicide Bombing Kills 10 Near Aden Airport In Southern Yemen
Yemeni officials say a suicide car bombing has targeted a security compound near the international airport in the southern city of Aden, killing at least 10 people.
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Death Toll in Second Cyclone to Hit Yemen Rises to 4
The death toll from a second rare and powerful cyclone to batter the Yemeni island of Socotra in just two weeks has risen to four, the country's fisheries minister said.
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Saudi Arabia-Led Warplanes Raid Rebel Positions in Yemen
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition pounded rebel positions in central Yemen on Thursday as air raids intensified amid attempts to revive UN-proposed talks in Switzerland, witnesses said.
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Yemen protests: 41 killed in clashes between security forces and tribal fighters
Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid confederation seizing buildings in neighbourhoods in t...
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Yemen: Blast at explosives factory kills 78
A powerful blast at a factory making explosives and weapons in southern Yemen killed at least 78 people on Monday after the facility was briefly taken over by Islamic militants and then looted by residents of the area, officials said.Many women and children from the surrounding villages were killed in the explosion, which left bodies blackened and ...
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Yemen protests: Top general defects as president's grip erodes
Three Yemeni army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, as army tanks and armoured vehicles deployed in support of thousands protesting in the capital.With the defection, it appeared Saleh's support was eroding from every power base in the nation -- his own ...
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"Please Save Her, Time Running Out": Mother Of Kerala Nurse Sentenced To Death In Yemen
The mother of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national, has made an impassioned appeal for assistance to save her daughter's life.
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24 Bahais Could Face Death Penalty In Yemen For Their Religious Beliefs
Twenty-four Yemenis, including a teenage girl, could face the death penalty in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on charges linked to their minority Bahai faith, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
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Suicide Bombing Kills 10 Near Aden Airport In Southern Yemen
Yemeni officials say a suicide car bombing has targeted a security compound near the international airport in the southern city of Aden, killing at least 10 people.
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Death Toll in Second Cyclone to Hit Yemen Rises to 4
The death toll from a second rare and powerful cyclone to batter the Yemeni island of Socotra in just two weeks has risen to four, the country's fisheries minister said.
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Saudi Arabia-Led Warplanes Raid Rebel Positions in Yemen
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition pounded rebel positions in central Yemen on Thursday as air raids intensified amid attempts to revive UN-proposed talks in Switzerland, witnesses said.
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Yemen protests: 41 killed in clashes between security forces and tribal fighters
Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid confederation seizing buildings in neighbourhoods in t...
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Yemen: Blast at explosives factory kills 78
A powerful blast at a factory making explosives and weapons in southern Yemen killed at least 78 people on Monday after the facility was briefly taken over by Islamic militants and then looted by residents of the area, officials said.Many women and children from the surrounding villages were killed in the explosion, which left bodies blackened and ...
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Yemen protests: Top general defects as president's grip erodes
Three Yemeni army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, as army tanks and armoured vehicles deployed in support of thousands protesting in the capital.With the defection, it appeared Saleh's support was eroding from every power base in the nation -- his own ...
