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                  Yemeni Soldiers Shoot at Shi'ite Protesters

   by Reuters

   Yemeni soldiers opened fire on Shi'ite Muslim protesters attempting to
   storm the cabinet building in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, killing
   one, a Reuters photographer said.

   The anti-government activists loyal to the Houthi religious insurgent
   group said two of their members were killed and dozens were wounded,
   which could not be immediately confirmed.

   Protesters have blocked the main road to Sanaa's airport and have held
   sit-ins for weeks at ministries in an attempt to oust the government.

   While activists hold rallies in the capital, armed Houthi rebels in
   Northern al-Jawf province have fought government-allied tribes backed
   up air strikes over the last three days.

   Both sides vowed defiance on Monday, as the International Crisis Group
   think tank said "Yemen's troubled transition is at a crossroads more
   dangerous than any since 2011," when mass protests ousted veteran
   autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh and security around the country sharply
   deteriorated.

   "The Houthi group may not and cannot continue its escalation and its
   disturbance of the public tranquility and the undermining of security
   and stability in the capital," Salah's successor, President Abed Rabbo
   Mansour Hadi, said.

   The Houthis accuse his government of corruption and continuing Saleh's
   autocratic policies, while the group's critics say it is trying to grab
   power and carve out a semi-independent state for itself - something it
   denies.

   Houthi leader Abdel Malik al-Houthi said: "We vow to continue in our
   position and dismiss any questioning of our intentions. The solution is
   to respond definitively to the popular demands, and we are serious in
   these demands."
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