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Yemen: Women are being repeatedly assaulted by their husbands or fathers
May 11 2007, Pooja

Women, though legally equal, suffer from institutionalized discrimination in some areas. It is far more difficult for a woman to divorce than a man, who may do so at will. The minimum marriage age has been abolished, and in practice, marriages are...

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Yemen’s government held talks Thursday with a visiting U.S. delegation in hopes of securing the release of about 100 Yemenis held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, a...
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Lawyer for bin Laden driver wants charges dismissed
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Yemen convicts 13 Shiites of plotting attacks
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A Yemeni security court on Monday convicted 13 Shiite rebels of plotting terrorist attacks, sentencing one of them to death, a judicial official said.The defendants,...
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Yemeni government forces have beaten back an advance by northern rebels who brought their fight to within 12 miles of the capital, officials and witnesses said...
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A mortar shell exploded Tuesday by a high school next to the American embassy, killing one Yemeni guard and wounding three students and three other guards, an Interior...
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