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    October 15, 2011

7 Protesters Killed in Yemen Capital

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   Medics carry a wounded anti-government protester after clashes with
   police in Sana'a, Yemen, October 15, 2011.
   Photo: Reuters
   Medics carry a wounded anti-government protester after clashes with
   police in Sana'a, Yemen, October 15, 2011.

   Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters in the capital,
   Sana'a, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens of others.
   Officials say the shootings occurred as thousands of protesters marched
   through the city calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah
   Saleh. Reports say security officials used live rounds and tear gar to
   disperse the demonstration.
   In other violence, an airstrike targeting militants in southeastern
   Yemen killed seven suspected al-Qaida members including the son of
   slain U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
   Tribal leaders say Abdul Rahman al-Awlaki was killed Friday, along with
   four other members of the Awlaki clan, in a suspected U.S. strike in
   Shabwa province.
   Earlier, Yemen's Defense Ministry said the media chief for al-Qaida's
   Yemen branch, Egyptian-born Ibrahim al-Bana, also died in the strike.
   The elder Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike on September 30. He
   was wanted in both the United States and Yemen for his suspected role
   in terrorist attacks and ties to the Yemen-based group al-Qaida in the
   Arabian Peninsula.
   Hours after the strike, in an apparent revenge attack suspected
   militants blew up a gas pipeline that transports gas from Marib
   province to the Balhaf port on the Arabian Sea. Officials say
   operations were halted in several parts of the terminal.

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