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[Reuters] YEMEN : 5 Yemen soldiers wounded in bomb attack"Five Yemeni soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack against a government compound in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan on Tuesday, a provincial government source said. The source said preliminary investigations suggested Islamist militants were behind the attack. itnesses said the blast happened early in the morning, before employees arrived to work. Yemen, which joined the US:led war on terrorism after the 9/11 attacks on US cities, has witnessed a number of militant attacks targeting foreign tourists, oil installations and US and French ships"http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L:3520612,00.html[DPA] YEMEN : Attack near US embassy in Yemen : guard killed"A hand grenade attack near the US embassy in Yemen's capital Sana'a killed a Yemeni guard and injured three others and four schoolgirls Tuesday, police said. Police officials at the scene said the attacker threw two hand grenades at the courtyard of the girl's public school which is adjacent to the embassy's compound in Saawan neighbourhood in eastern Sana'a"http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/193150,attack:near:us:embassy:in:yemen::guard:kill ed:.htmlSee also http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/Ne...ternational.na