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December 5, 2017

Yemen: Rebel Video Shows Body of Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh
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In Yemen, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was confirmed dead Monday,
after a video posted online by Houthi rebels showed Saleh's lifeless
body dumped in the back of a pickup truck. Saleh was killed as pitched
battles continued to rage in the capital, Sana'a, between Houthis and
forces allied with Saleh's political movement. The killing could
escalate Yemen's civil war, which has brought 7 million people to the
brink of famine and fanned a massive cholera epidemic.


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