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		<title>Hadi appoints new SCER</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/hadi-appoints-new-scer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday Yemen’s interim president Mansour Abdo Hadi named several judges to the&#160;Supreme Commission on Elections and Referendum&#160;(SCER).&#160;&#160;The SCER is responsible for the technical aspects of elections and has a pivotal role in maintaining or subverting the integrity of elections. In a meeting that included UN envoy Jamal ben Omar, President Hadi selected “honest and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=461&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue by Jane Novak An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip deeply insulting to Muslims turned violent Wednesday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=459&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State Department ends Yemen arms embargo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and lifts the “presumption of denial” that had been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=426&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yemen&#8217;s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern city, 25 dead</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/yemens-al-qaeda-booby-traps-southern-city-25-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13, the day after al Qaeda’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=430&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees as hostages by threatening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=432&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s strategic blunder in Yemen may shield Al Qaeda from prosecution</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/obamas-strategic-blunder-in-yemen-may-shield-al-qaeda-from-prosecution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A law passed by Yemen’s cabinet on Sunday provides blanket immunity to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and all those who served in his governments over the last 33 years. One unintended consequence may be to also immunize those al Qaeda operatives on the payroll of the Yemeni military and security services. The law grants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=434&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Former Yemen president&#8217;s intended US trip outrages USS Cole family</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/former-yemen-presidents-intended-us-trip-outrages-uss-cole-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As pressure builds on the Obama administration to deny a diplomatic visa to ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the family of a sailor killed in the al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole urged that Saleh be denied entry to the United States. In a public plea, Gary and Deborah Swenchonis are calling on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=436&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yemeni security forces open fire on The Life March</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/yemeni-security-forces-open-fire-on-the-life-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participants in the Life March from Taiz to Yemen&#8216;s capital Sana&#8217;a report that they are currently under gunfire. State security forces are also deploying water cannons, tear gas and batons. About ten thousand are participating in the march which calls for President Ali Abdullah Saleh and other members of his regime to face trial for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=438&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yemen, the long march toward justice</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/yemen-the-long-march-toward-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen’s opposition party coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP), announced Tuesday that it would support a US approved consensus candidate from the ruling party, Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi, in upcoming presidential elections. On November 24, President Ali Abdullah Saleh nominally transferred executive powers to Mr. Hadi but will remain Yemen’s honorary president until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=440&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1000 Yemeni protesters in prison</title>
		<link>http://janenovak.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/1000-yemeni-protesters-in-prison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (known as HOOD) launched an investigation into “disappeared” activists. HOOD, a credible organization, found that over 1000 protesters are jailed incommunicado and most likely enduring torture. Abdul Rahman Barman, the executive director of HOOD told the Yemen Post, “the number of imprisoned youth is on the rise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=janenovak.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3590048&#038;post=444&#038;subd=janenovak&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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