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March 19, 2012

Yemen: More than 2,000 Killed in Year-long Protests; U.S. Man Shot Dead 
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The Yemeni government revealed Sunday more than 2,000 people have been
killed since anti-government protests began a year ago. The dead include
120 children. The figure is much higher than human rights groups
estimated. Meanwhile a U.S. man named Joel Shrum has been shot dead in
the Yemeni city of Taiz. The International Training Development Centre
in Taiz said Shrum was an American development worker living in Yemen
with his wife and two children since 2010.



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