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		<title>YEMEN: pictures of 12 wanted in connection with suicide bombings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>YEMEN: shibam bomber lived in u.s.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traveled to the U.S. with his mother in 1995. Recruited by an 'Amr Muhsen Hassan al-Mahfli al-Raimi. He was previously wanted and was included in Yemen’s 161 most wanted list...]]></description>
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		<title>KUWAIT: Emir dissolves parliament - elections expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kuwait's ruler dissolved parliament on Wednesday, setting elections within two months to end a long-running political crisis in the Gulf Arab country...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: mystery behind suicide bomber identity solved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Ayyam is reporting on the name confusion of the suicide bomber that killed four Korean tourists and their Yemeni guide last Sunday. Apparently, the bomber had a fake I.D. on him...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: interior minister calls for end to soft sentencing, more death for terrorists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen’s top terror buster, Interior Minister Mutahar Rashad al-Masri has publicly denounce Yemeni judges for being lenient on terrorists. It should be noted that the call for harsher punishment comes after a judge ordered investigation of the treatment of members of an accused al-Qaeda cell who complained of torture by security agencies...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN/US: jewish group, state dept. working to resettle 110 yemeni jews in the u.s.</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3646</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Jewish Communities is working with the US State Department, local federations and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to implement the evacuation and help finance the $800,000 expense of absorbing the 110 Yemenite Jews, who represent more than a third of the roughly 280-strong community...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: VIDEO: computer animated model of 2nd suicide bombing</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3622</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Korean news report has a pretty cool computer generated re-enactment of of the bombing. You get a really good idea of how it was carried out...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: &#8216;harsher than gitmo&#8217;: al-qaeda cell goes on hunger strike as court orders investigation of torture claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen suspected members of an Al-Qaeda cell on trial in Yemen said they have started a hunger strike in protest at being tortured and refused to talk at a court hearing on Tuesday...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: photos of 2nd bomb site from mareb press</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3607</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>YEMEN: 2nd suicide bombing targets korean convoy at sana&#8217;a airport</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3585</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEAVILY UPDATED: Another suicide bomber has struck in Yemen near Sana’a airport. This time, it appears that the Korean delegation headed by the korean ambassador was the target. The bomber blew himself up as the delegation convoy passed en route to the airport. Apparently, a car window was smashed but nobody was injured...]]></description>
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		<title>KUWAIT: prospect of unconstitutional suspension of parliament looms</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3582</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question still remains whether the Emir wishes to abide by the constitution or abrogate it with the rumored two-year suspension. Al-Sabah has few legal options. Basically, he must choose new elections (and hope for a change in parliament), choose a new cabinet, or both...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: VIDEO: video of shibam bombing site</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3571</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean news has been running video of the bombing site in Shibam, Hadramout. It is somewhat gruesome, as it shows a burned blood-stained spot – but not too bad. The report also shows victims returning to South Korea...]]></description>
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		<title>US/KSA: VIDEO: ambassador chas freeman discusses middle east with fareed zakaria</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3566</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good interview. I realize that he is controversial, but I personally like Freeman’s perspective and am sorry that he withdrew...]]></description>
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		<title>KSA/YEMEN: yemen pursuing 50 saudi terrorists</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3555</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A security source at the Ministry of Interior has told al-Hayat that Yemeni security forces are tracking 50 Saudis spread throughout Yemen. The source told the paper that the names will be submitted to Interpol...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: updated info on suicide bomber: from taiz, trained in somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3552</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strange that the name changed. Perhaps the ID card found was not that of the bomber. It is also unclear whether this article is saying the bomber was a Somali immigrant or Yemeni...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: details emerge on yemeni suicide bomber and his victims</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3541</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: He asked to pose with the Koreans before blasting his body parts over a kilometer away. A witness at the scene says that the boy, who was high on qat, was with an older man in his 40s. News Yemen has also published the names of the victims...]]></description>
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		<title>KUWAIT: cabinet resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah yesterday issued a decree accepting the resignation of the Cabinet barely two months after its formation following a political deadlock in the country over three requests to grill the prime minister...]]></description>
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		<title>US/YEMEN: deputy national security advisor conveys to yemeni president concerns over gitmo repatriation</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3531</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan is in Sana’a where he met with President Saleh over the fate of Yemen’s Guantanamo detainees. Thus far, Yemeni press has reported the meeting as part of a “continuing dialogue” on the matter, although the reality of the U.S. position – the hesitancy to repatriate many Yemeni detainees – has now come out...]]></description>
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		<title>UAE: interview with najla al-awadhi - modeling female empowerment</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3527</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As deputy CEO of Dubai Media and the youngest member of the United Arab Emirates parliament, Najla Al-Awadhi has quickly risen to prime leadership positions in a society that is still largely male-dominated...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: bombing update: suicide confirmed, young bomber left video message</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3513</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: The bombing that killed four South Korean tourists and a Yemeni guide in south-eastern Yemen on Sunday was a suicide attack by a young al-Qaeda operative, security sources said on Monday...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN/KSA: u.s. considering sending yemeni gitmo detainees to saudi arabia - not yemen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News reports have it that the U.S. is considering releasing Yemeni detainees at Gitmo to Saudi Arabia instead of Yemen. Although not here, I have argued in the past that this is most likely what the U.S. would end up doing with that class of prisoners it doesn’t want to see returned into Yemen’s general population right away – which will be ALL returnees to Yemen...]]></description>
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		<title>Yemen: most wanted al-qaeda members captured/surrender</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3493</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security forces captured Saudi national Abdullah al-Harbi, named on the lists of Saudi Arabia’s 85 and Yemen’s 116 most wanted, in the governorate of Taiz on Sunday, March 15.  Over the past few days a number of al-Qaeda operatives apparently surrendered to security forces in Abyan as well...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: 4 korean tourists, yemeni killed by bomb in shibam, hadhramout &#8211; al-qaeda suspected</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3483</link>
		<comments>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: What seems to be known: Four South Korean tourists, two men and two women, were killed after a bombing incident around sunset Sunday evening in the area of Shibam in the governorate of Hadhramout. Information beyond those details seems to be mixed between reports...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: al-qaeda outumbers tourists</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3471</link>
		<comments>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3471#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In Yemen's region of Marib, capital of the mythical kingdom of the Queen of Sheba, the followers of Al-Qaeda might well outnumber tourists these days...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: saving the jews from &#8220;israel&#8217;s hell&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3467</link>
		<comments>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3467#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yemeni government are taking precautionary measures to confront any Israeli attempt to transfer the remaining Yemen Jews to Israel, in particular after one of the Yemeni-Jewish family was transferred to Israel last month, sources reported to Nabanews...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: oil workers strike continues nationwide - hodeidah spared</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3461</link>
		<comments>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3461#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ The strike is entering into its second day. Ten people were arrested in Aden for inciting a strike and disrupting the public interest. The leader of the movement called for their release and denied reports that an agreement with the government has been reached...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: m.o.i. releases names and photos of 116 most wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3454</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen’s Ministry of Interior released the names and pictures of the country’s 116 most wanted. The ministry has asked for increased vigilance and caution in the capture of those on the list...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: cabinet reshuffle expected</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3449</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Watan's sources expect the announcement to include at least ten new ministers to take positions in the ministries of education, local government, transport, health, industry, sports, social affairs and endowments, the civil service and interior...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: al-houthi to govt: if you attack, you will loose.</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3443</link>
		<comments>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3443#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Houthi gave a statement warning the government that " If you plan a new attack, your loss and defeat will be much greater than ever." He criticized American forces in the Gulf and Red Sea, saying that the "fleets do not scare us, and we are prepared for confrontation at home and abroad"...]]></description>
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		<title>YEMEN: u.s. admiral accuses yemenis of aiding piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3439</link>
		<comments>http://www.emptyquarter.net/?p=3439#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: The international community should work with Yemen to stop its people supplying Somali pirates who are disrupting lucrative international shipping routes, a senior U.S. admiral said on Monday...]]></description>
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