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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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Yemeni army soldiers in charge of protecting antigovernment protestors stand guard during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Monday, March 28, 2011.
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Blast at Qaeda-looted Yemen ammo plant kills 70 Agence France Presse
ADEN, Yemen – A massive blast Monday at an ammunition plant in southern Yemen looted by Al-Qaeda killed at least 70 people, as tracts of the south slip out of Sanaa’s control in the thick of an anti-regime revolt. “The death toll of the explosion has gone up to 70 people,” said local government official Mohsen Salem after the blast at the factory near the city of Jaar in the restive province of Abyan, a stronghold of Al-Qaeda. A security official said the explosion came as dozens of residents were inside the factory helping themselves to whatever ammunition was left after Sunday’s raid by sus-
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pected Al-Qaeda fighters. It remained unclear if the cause was accidental or the result of a booby-trap. Yemen is a country where carrying firearms is a national passion
and guns outnumber the 24-million population by more than two to one. Around 30 armed and hooded gunmen looted the factory on Sunday and made off in four vehicles with
cases of weapons, witnesses said. The incident, two months into a nationwide revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, came as a security official said suspected Al-Qaeda militants had seized control of Jaar and its surrounding villages. Lawless regions of southernYemen provinces have turned into a base of operations for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the network’s franchise in the unrest-swept and impoverishd country. Continued on page 6
William outfoxes press with secret bachelor bash Associated Press Writer
LONDON — Score that Prince William 1, the British tabloid press zilch. Far from the cameras of the U.K.’s voracious press, the prince bid his single life goodbye in a bachelor party reportedly held in eastern England over the weekend. Palace officials confirmed Monday only that the stag party — reportedly thrown by his brother and best man, Prince Harry — had taken place. “It has happened,” a spokeswoman said, speaking on condition
of anonymity in line with palace policy. “We are not giving any details.” Those details have been the subject of intense speculation since William announced his engagement to 29-year-old Kate Middleton. The pair will wed April 29 at London’s Westminster Abbey. Would the party be held in Scotland or South Africa? Would there good old-fashioned British boozing? And would Harry, William’s sometimes wayward younger brother, organize some spectacularly off-color prank? Continued on page 6
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011 file photo, Britain’s Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton exchange glances, during a visit to the University of St. Andrews, in St. Andrews, Scotland, where they first met.