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Southern Yemen

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Southern Yemen
A former country of southwest Asia on the Arabian Peninsula. A British protectorate from 1882 to 1914, it became fully independent in 1967 and united with North Yemen in 1990 to form the new country of Yemen.


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Five people, including two soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Ataq in southern Yemen, a local official told AFP.
] Besides the unrest in the north, separatists in southern Yemen are fighting for autonomy and al-Qaeda-linked groups have stepped up attacks across the country.
SANA'A, July 26 - While the Yemeni Parliament has summoned two ministers over the violence that hit southern Yemen earlier this week, the Southern Movement has set up camps in the south in solidarity with the families of the casualties.
 
 
 
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