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    Yemen Dispatch: Into an Al-Qaida Hotspot

    Mar 22, 2010 09:05 PM EST

    ... Laden's, a qat farmer and a Yemeni-American hip-hop artist, to try to tell that story. I hope you'll stay tuned to the PBS NewsHour broadcast for our week-long series on Yemen. You can watch an earlier video dispatch from Margaret's Yemen reporting trip here.

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    Yemen's Struggles With al-Qaida Reveal a Country of Contradictions

    Mar 22, 2010 04:00 AM EST

    ... Too much stuff, and few people to buy. MARGARET WARNER: Another risk? Too few teachers or jobs for the legions of restless young men in Yemen's overcrowded and underfunded schools. AMIN AL-ANDRISI, high school English teacher: For me, myself, I can't keep -- memorize all the names of ...

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    From Yemen, Rising Concerns About Al-Qaida

    Mar 19, 2010 04:00 AM EST

    ... so, he is going to be very difficult to dislodge. RAY SUAREZ: And, finally, Margaret, what will you be doing on your reporting trip in Yemen? What stories are you preparing for your series?MARGARET WARNER: Well, Ray, I came here because Yemen is regarded as -- as the U.S ...

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    Yemen Dispatch: Battling Insurgents

    Mar 16, 2010 10:17 PM EST

    Yemeni security forces are working on honing their counterterrorism tactics in the battle against a resurgent al-Qaeda affiliate in the region -- AQAP, or Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. It was AQAP that recruited and trained the would-be Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. We spent the morning ...

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    Margaret Warner: To Yemen, Seeking Answers

    Mar 12, 2010 11:06 PM EST

    ... by a ragtag group of radicals. So when the would-be Christmas Day bomber's roots came to light, the reaction of most Americans was: Yemen? Why Yemen? Our NewsHour team - myself, producer John Zito and my intrepid longtime cameraman-editor, Denis, have come to Yemen to try to answer ...

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    Across Yemen, Sympathy for al-Qaida Pervades

    Jan 06, 2010 05:00 AM EST

    GWEN IFILL: Now to our two-part look at Yemen, the impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation suddenly in the international spotlight as an al-Qaida haven. Authorities there arrested three men today in a security crackdown aimed at rooting out militants. It began after investigators found a link between Yemen and ...

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    Yemen's Instability Muddles Plan to Close Guantanamo

    Jan 06, 2010 05:00 AM EST

    ... that. REP. JANE HARMAN, D-Calif.: It's way too simplistic. It is true that there was a connection between the Christmas Day bomber and Yemen. But Yemen is not the whole ball game. And I think that Guantanamo affords a recruiting tool that is unique worldwide to al-Qaida ...

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    White House Halting Gitmo Transfers to Yemen

    Jan 05, 2010 09:49 PM EST

    ... man accused of trying to use explosives to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger jet on Christmas Day reportedly received training from terror groups in Yemen has further complicated efforts to close the facility. According to the Washington Post, 97 of the remaining 210 Gitmo detainees are Yemeni. The [Post ...

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    Tuesday's Headlines: Yemen Embassy Reopens; Obama Meets with Officials

    Jan 05, 2010 02:04 PM EST

    The U.S. embassy in Yemen reopened its doors Tuesday after a two-day closure, saying Yemeni forces had successfully addressed security fears brought on by al-Qaida groups in that country. Despite reopening the embassy, U.S. officials cautioned Americans in Yemen "to be vigilant and take prudent security ...

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    News Wrap: U.S. Reopens Embassy in Yemen

    Jan 05, 2010 05:00 AM EST

    HARI SREENIVASAN: In Yemen, the American Embassy reopened after closing for two days under threat of attack. The embassy said the threat had passed after Yemeni forces killed two al-Qaida suspects on Monday. In all, the government sent thousands of troops into two provinces and the region around the ...