Suicide bomber strikes Yemen town
Source: Al Jazeera
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-19 02:58:39 -0700 | travel-news
27 Several people have been killed and wounded in Yemen's northern Saada town when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in a busy market, a defence ministry statement said. No further details were immediately available on the incident on Wednesday.
Guantanamo Prisoner's Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
Source: Truthdig
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-19 11:06:59 -0700 | political-news
Jun 19, 2013 The issue of terrorism has been front and center in the national discourse since 9/11. Guantanamo has become a symbol of US hypocrisy on human rights. Lawyers handling the criminal case of Guantanamo prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri argued several...
SA couple in Yemen 'not taken by al-Qaeda'
Source: News 24
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-19 01:21:40 -0700 | sports-news
A humanitarian organisation that is helping in the rescue attempt of a South African couple kidnapped in Yemen says they were not taken by al-Qaeda as previously reported. It transpired on Tuesday that former school teachers, Pierre and Yolande Korkie...
Why The FISA Court Is Not What It Used To Be
Source: National Public Radio
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-18 01:14:10 -0700 | political-news
Obama has said that there are tradeoffs between privacy and security in an age of international terrorism. But he emphasized that the two surveillance programs exposed this month were repeatedly authorized and reviewed by Congress, with federal judges "overseeing the...
Yemen must improve kids' plight in new constitution: UNICEF
Source: Fox News
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-17 16:45:59 -0700 | political-news
The UN's children's agency called Monday for Yemen to improve safeguards for kids as it discusses how to draft a new constitution, by for instance ensuring access to clean water and battling child marriages. Yemen is currently engaged in a...
Yemen protesters demand Gitmo detainees release
Source: Boston.com
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-17 14:12:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Yemen (AP) Yemeni and American rights protesters have staged a demonstration in front of U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, demanding release of Yemeni Guantanamo detainees. Mohammed Nagi of Yemen-based National Organization For Defending Rights and Freedom known as Hood says activists...
Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen's capital
Source: The Boston Globe
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-15 16:24:10 -0700 | political-news
Yemen (AP) Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa. The officials say police received a phone call that prompted them check on the couple in their apartment. They broke down...
Yemen struggles to keep the lights on amid frequent power line sabotage
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-14 09:58:31 -0700 | political-news
ments Yemen struggles to keep the lights on amid frequent power line sabotage Local tribesmen who feel ignored by Yemen's central government frequently attack power lines, plunging the country into darkness and undermining public trust in their leaders. By Adam...
I Have Decided I'm Okay With The Government Collecting My Phone Records*
Source: BusinessInsider
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-14 05:11:53 -0700 | business-news
After much consideration, I think I'm fine with the U.S. government collecting my phone records (subject to certain conditions, as spelled out below)...If you make some great points about why I shouldn't be fine with this, I might reconsider. But,...
Charles Krauthammer: Obama is pushing the envelope, NSA style
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 17:24:25 -0700 | your-story
Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope -- the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security Agency's recording of U.S. phone data does basically that...
Advanced Alien Civilization Discovers Uninhabitable Planet
Source: The Onion
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 10:50:13 -0700 | green-news
Terxus II star system announced Thursday that a recently discovered planet remarkably like their own is in fact completely hostile to life. According to scientists from the advanced alien civilization, despite possessing liquid water and a position just the right...
Yemen soldier dies fighting pipeline saboteurs: official
Source: The Daily Star
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 14:51:56 -0700 | political-news
Yemeni Zaidis shout slogans during a protest outside the headquarters of Yemen's national security service in Sanaa, on June 10, 2013. A Yemeni soldier was killed in clashes Thursday with tribesmen who attacked an oil pipeline and halted the flow...
Yemen: Crackdown on Protest Leaves 9 Dead
Posted by: chnarendra
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 00:06:59 -0700 | disasters-news
Yemeni authorities used lethal force against an apparently peaceful demonstration in Sanaa on June 9, 2013, that caused at least nine deaths and several dozen injuries. The government should ensure that its promised investigation into the incident is carried out...
Yemen government says attacks behind power outage
Source: The Boston Globe
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-11 11:32:24 -0700 | travel-news
Yemen (AP) Yemen's government says attacks on power lines are behind a widespread outage that has left several provinces and the country's capital without electricity. Yemen is the Arab world's most impoverished nation and experiences frequent electricity cuts throughout the...
Review: Akai MPC Studio
Source: XLR8R
Mīdī :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-10 11:19:54 -0700 | technology-news
How It Looks Despite being just an inch thick, the Studio feels sturdy. Its brushed aluminum and plastic case feels like it can withstand plenty of finger drumming on the pads which, importantly, feel every bit as good as you'd...
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