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A man walks out of the tourist gate at the southern Yemeni port ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man walks out of the tourist gate at the southern Yemeni port of Aden February 9, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL)

This undated handout picture released by the Yemeni army in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - This undated handout picture released by the Yemeni army in November 2009 shows a Yemeni soldier manning a machine gun in Saada province. The Yemeni government dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants 'around the clock,' after the group's local affiliate called for attacks on US interests worldwide. Photo:/AFP

Yemeni forces close the road leading to the US embassy in Sanaa ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemeni forces close the road leading to the US embassy in Sanaa in 2009. The Yemeni government dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants 'around the clock,' after the group's local affiliate called for attacks on US interests worldwide. Photo:Khaled Fazaa/AFP

A Somali girl and a boy walk in al-Basateen slum neighbourhood ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali girl and a boy walk in al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. Somalis fleeing war have long found refuge in Yemen, seen as a way station to Saudi Arabia, but fear of al Qaeda infiltration has cooled their welcome. Picture taken February 6, 2010. To match feature YEMEN-SOMALIS/ REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)

Fishermen dock their boats at Seira Beach in the southern Yemeni ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fishermen dock their boats at Seira Beach in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 8, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Members of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit fire their weapons during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit fire their weapons during a training exercise near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, January 16, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The Yemeni anti-terrorism forces were seen training on Saturday ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Yemeni anti-terrorism forces were seen training on Saturday on the hilly outskirts of the capital, Sanaa. The Arab state says it has beefed up its operations against Al-Qaeda, in the wake of last month's failed terror plot blamed on an Al-Qaeda branch located there. Duration: 00:59 Photo:/AFP

File photo shows a Yemeni soldier in clashes with Shiite rebels ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a Yemeni soldier in clashes with Shiite rebels in Saada province. Ten Yemeni soldiers have been killed, most of them by snipers, and 18 wounded in a fresh outbreak of fighting with Shiite rebels in north Yemen, a military official said. Photo:/AFP

Fishermen dock their boats at Seira beach in the southern Yemeni ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fishermen dock their boats at Seira beach in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 8, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY)

A woman waits for a taxi in the southern Yemeni port city of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman waits for a taxi in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 8, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

A fisherman displays sharks at the Seira fish market in the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A fisherman displays sharks at the Seira fish market in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 8, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

Men sit in the window of a building under construction in the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Men sit in the window of a building under construction in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 8, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)

A fisherman puts on a scarf as he walks in the boat docking ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A fisherman puts on a scarf as he walks in the boat docking area of Seira Beach in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 8, 2010. Aden is the main city in the south of the Arab country where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)

A Somali prostitute looks on as she sits in a slum house in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali prostitute looks on as she sits in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 7, 2010. Many of the Somali female migrants who come to Yemen seeking work end up as prostitutes in a desperate attempt to make a living, according to NGOs. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY)

Somali prostitutes sit in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali prostitutes sit in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 7, 2010. Many of the Somali female migrants who come to Yemen seeking work end up as prostitutes in a desperate attempt to make a living, according to NGOs. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY)

A Somali prostitute stands outside a room in a slum house in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali prostitute stands outside a room in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 7, 2010. Many of the Somali female migrants who come to Yemen seeking work end up as prostitutes in a desperate attempt to make a living, according to NGOs. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY)

A Somali prostitute smokes a cigarette in a slum house in al-Basateen ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali prostitute smokes a cigarette in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 7, 2010. Many of the Somali female migrants who come to Yemen seeking work end up as prostitutes in a desperate attempt to make a living, according to NGOs. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Somali prostitutes gather in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali prostitutes gather in a slum house in al-Basateen neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 7, 2010. Many of the Somali female migrants who come to Yemen seeking work end up as prostitutes in a desperate attempt to make a living, according to NGOs. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

A Somali refugee stands at the door of her house in the al-Basateen ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali refugee stands at the door of her house in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhoud of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Somali women refugees are seen near their house in the al-Basateen ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali women refugees are seen near their house in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhoud of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Somali women refugees carry their children as they walk in the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali women refugees carry their children as they walk in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhoud of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Somali children are seen near their house in the al-Basateen ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali children are seen near their house in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhoud of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Somali children sit near their house in the al-Basateen slum ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali children sit near their house in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhoud of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Somali children fill jerry cans with water in the al-Basateen ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali children fill jerry cans with water in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhoud of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

A Somali refugee looks on as she walks in the al-Basateen slum ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali refugee looks on as she walks in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Somali refugees walk in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali refugees walk in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Somali children look at camera in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhood ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somali children look at camera in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEADSHOT)

A Somali refugee carries her daughter as she walks in the al-Basateen ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali refugee carries her daughter as she walks in the al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing chronic hunger. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Shiite rebels standing over a military tank they seized from ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Shiite rebels standing over a military tank they seized from the Yemeni army in August 2009. Yemen has set a timetable for Shiite rebels to implement its terms for a ceasefire in their six-year-old uprising in the northern mountains after 28 people were reported killed in new clashes. Photo:/AFP

Yemen has set a timetable for Shiite rebels to implement its ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemen has set a timetable for Shiite rebels to implement its terms for a ceasefire in their six-year-old uprising in the northern mountains after 28 people were reported killed in new clashes. Photo:/AFP

Saudi soldiers near the border with Yemen in November 2009. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Saudi soldiers near the border with Yemen in November 2009. Yemen has set a timetable for Shiite rebels to implement its terms for a ceasefire in their six-year-old uprising in the northern mountains after 28 people were reported killed in new clashes. Photo:/AFP

Yemeni soldiers raise their weapons in the air on the mountains ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemeni soldiers raise their weapons in the air on the mountains of Saada province where they are battling Huthi rebels. Yemen has set a timetable for Shiite rebels to implement its terms for a ceasefire in their six-year-old uprising in the northern mountains after 28 people were reported killed in new clashes. Photo:/AFP

Policemen guard outside the state security court in Sanaa February ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Policemen guard outside the state security court in Sanaa February 6, 2010. The court sentenced Yahya al-Houthi, the brother of the leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels, in absentia to 15 years in jail on Saturday, as Yemeni forces said they killed eleven members of the group. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

The presiding judge of Yemen's state security court Muhssien ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The presiding judge of Yemen's state security court Muhssien Alwan (2nd R) reads out a verdict sentencing Yahya al-Houthi, the brother of the leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels, in absentia to a 15-year jail term in Sanaa February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

A policeman holds a machinegun on a police vehicle outside the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A policeman holds a machinegun on a police vehicle outside the state security court in Sanaa February 6, 2010. The court sentenced Yahya al-Houthi, the brother of the leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels, in absentia to 15 years in jail on Saturday, as Yemeni forces said they killed eleven members of the group. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Displaced Yemenis from the Saada province stand outside tent ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Displaced Yemenis from the Saada province stand outside tent at the Mazraq Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camp in northern Yemen on February 1. UN aid agencies on Friday warned that programmes in Yemen were running short of funds amid concerns that aid efforts in Haiti could affect help for refugees in the volatile Middle East country. Photo:/AFP

Yemeni soldiers raise their weapons at an area in the northwest ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemeni soldiers raise their weapons at an area in the northwest Saada province where they are battling Shiite Huthi rebels in January 2010. Shiite rebels in north Yemen said on Thursday 14 people, including women and children, had been killed by Saudi warplanes more than a week after the group pulled out of Saudi territory on the border. Photo:/AFP

Cars drive in the Old City of Sanaa February 4, 2010. Yemen ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cars drive in the Old City of Sanaa February 4, 2010. Yemen had looked to tourism as an alternative to dwindling oil income, which plunged to $2 billion last year from $4.4 billion in 2008, but attacks by al Qaeda militants, kidnappings and chronic instability have driven most foreign visitors away. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: TRAVEL)

Men sit near the walls of the Old City of Sanaa February 4, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Men sit near the walls of the Old City of Sanaa February 4, 2010. Yemen had looked to tourism as an alternative to dwindling oil income, which plunged to $2 billion last year from $4.4 billion in 2008, but attacks by al Qaeda militants, kidnappings and chronic instability have driven most foreign visitors away. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: CITYSCAPE SOCIETY)

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The radical American-Yemeni Islamic ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:45:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric al-Awlaki suspected of ties to al-Qaida has said the Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused in the failed Christmas airliner attack, was his student but that he didn't tell him to carry out the operation, Al-Jazeera television reported on its website Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Muhammad ud-Deen, File)

Protesters hold up their rifles during an anti-government protest ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Protesters hold up their rifles during an anti-government protest organized by the separatist Southern Movement in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen February 3, 2010. The Southern Movement is calling for the south of Yemen to secede from the north, complaining of economic and social marginalization, a charge Sanaa denies. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Saudi soldiers walk near the Khoba frontline border with Yemen, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Saudi soldiers walk near the Khoba frontline border with Yemen, January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

A worker pumps gasoline into a motorbike at a petrol station ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker pumps gasoline into a motorbike at a petrol station in Sanaa February 1, 2010. Yemenis infuriated by incessant power cuts must now also cope with cuts in their fuel subsidies, which will cost the treasury a projected $2 billion this year -- about as much as the proceeds from declining oil exports. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY SOCIETY)

A worker pumps gasoline into a car at a petrol station in Sanaa ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker pumps gasoline into a car at a petrol station in Sanaa February 1, 2010. Yemenis infuriated by incessant power cuts must now also cope with cuts in their fuel subsidies, which will cost the treasury a projected $2 billion this year -- about as much as the proceeds from declining oil exports. Picture taken February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY SOCIETY)

Protesters hold up their rifles atop a car during an anti-government ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Protesters hold up their rifles atop a car during an anti-government protest organized by the separatist Southern Movement in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen February 2, 2010. The Southern Movement is calling for the south of Yemen to secede from the north saying that southerners suffer from discrimination. REUTERS/Stringer (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis (L) addresses a ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis (L) addresses a joint press conference with Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi in Sanaa February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS)

Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi (R) speaks with Britain's ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi (R) speaks with Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis (C) and Britain's ambassador to Yemen Tim Torlot during talks in Sanaa February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS)

Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis looks during a ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis looks during a joint press conference with Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi (not pictured) in Sanaa February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS)

Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis (L) chats with ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis (L) chats with Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi during a joint press conference in Sanaa February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS)

Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi (R) addresses a joint ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi (R) addresses a joint press conference with Britain's Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis in Sanaa February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS)