Death toll at 60 as rival military forces battle in Yemeni capital

SANAA, Yemen - Gunfire and shelling rocked Sanaa early on Tuesday as rival military forces battled each other on a third straight day of violence in the Yemeni capital in which 60 people have been killed, residents said.

After a lull in fighting that lasted only a few hours in the night, Sanaa residents awoke at dawn to the sound of automatic gunfire and shelling, with witnesses saying troops of dissident General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar were clashing with those loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

More than 400 people have been killed since protests began in January, and world powers fear chaos in Yemen, home to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and bordering biggest oil exporter Saudi Arabia, would raise risks for world oil supplies.