Yemen Protesters Killed

• Five Wounded in South Yemen Independence Protest

  Five protesters were wounded as Yemeni police stopped southern separatists from marching towards the governorate building in the south's main city of Aden on Sunday, activists and medics said.

• Seven Rebel Activists Killed Trying to Storm Yemen Government Headquarters

  Yemeni police shot dead seven Shiite rebel activists on Tuesday when they opened fire on hundreds of protesters attempting to storm government headquarters, a protest organiser said.

• Yemen Police Shoot at Shiite Protesters, Killing Four

  Yemeni police on Tuesday opened fire on Shiite protesters marching toward the prime minister's office in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least four people and wounding 10, officials said.

• 12 Killed As Yemen Rebels Clash With Tribes, Army

  At least 12 people were killed in fierce overnight clashes between army-backed Yemeni tribes and Shiite Huthi rebels pressing a protest campaign against the government, tribal sources said on Saturday.

• Al Qaeda urges Muslims to kill US diplomats over anti-Islam film

  The Yemen-based branch of Al Qaeda urged Muslims on Saturday to step up protests and kill US diplomats in Muslim countries over a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad which it said was another chapter in the "crusader wars" against Islam.

• U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

  Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related violence earlier in the week.

• Yemen police kill protester outside US embassy: Official

  Yemeni police on Thursday shot dead a protester in renewed confrontations outside the US embassy in Sanaa, shortly after ejecting crowds that stormed the mission's compound, a security official said.

• 40 killed as violence rages on in Yemen

  Fighting raged on Saturday in the Yemeni capital, leaving at least 40 dead as forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled pro-opposition soldiers and moved to clear the protest camp at a Sanaa square that has been the epicenter of the country's uprising.

• Yemen protests: 41 killed in clashes between security forces and tribal fighters

  Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid confederation seizing buildings in neighbourhoods in t...

• Yemen: Snipers open fire on protesters, kill 46

  A massive demonstration against Yemen's government turned into a killing field Friday as snipers methodically fired down on protesters from rooftops and police made a wall of fire with tires and gasoline, blocking a key escape route.At least 46 people died, including some children, in an attack that marked a new level of brutality in President Ali ...

• Yemen: One killed, over 100 injured in anti-government protests

  More than 100 people were injured and one was killed in Yemen on Sunday as police and government supporters attacked protesters in the capital Sanaa, a day after security forces killed at least seven demonstrators in protests around the country.The protesters were camping near Sanaa University, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down,...

• Two reported dead in anti-president protests in Yemen

  Two protesters were reportedly killed and around 11 were wounded on Tuesday evening when supporters of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire in front of the Saana University.Government supporters swinging clubs tried to drive anti-government protesters from a square in Yemen's capital late on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied across ...