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Qaida militants kill two soldiers in south Yemen

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-27 17:00
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SANAA - Gunmen of al-Qaida wing attacked a military checkpoint in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Wednesday, killing at least two soldiers and wounding five others, a local security official said.

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The attack took place in Abyan's provincial capital city of Zinjibar.

Abyan, some 480 km south of the capital Sanaa, is a key stronghold of resurgent al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) which has carried out frequent attacks against the Yemeni security and military personnel since 2009.

Yemen has witnessed three-month-old anti-government protests demanding an immediate end to the 33-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, undermining the security and stability of the country.

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