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US shuts Yemen embassy over threats

Move comes after plan is announced to fund an Yemeni "anti-terror" force.

	Yemen: New frontline for US wars?
	Obama links bomb plot to al-Qaeda
	Yemen angered by al-Shabab threat
	Neither wars nor drones
	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Iran to try Ashoura rally detainees

Judiciary snubs request for seven unidentified defendants to be tried in open court.

Karzai suffers cabinet vote setback

Afghan legislators reject two-thirds of the ministers nominated by the president.

Leak threatens China's Yellow River

Mexico seizes alleged drug lord

Death toll rises in Brazil mudslide

'Payout plan' angers Iceland voters

Two vessels hijacked off Somalia

Israelis protest Gaza blockade

In Video

New media firm gets Taiwan animated

Taipei company causes controversy with its graphic representation of the news.
Afghan parliament challenges Karzai

Legislators reject president's cabinet picks, as Karzai makes rare visit to Helmand.
Zimbabwe eyes tourism revival

After a lean spell, visitor numbers are on the rise, lifting economic hopes.
Laughing matters for yoga teacher

Teacher takes own brand of therapy to some of India's disadvantaged.
China's netizens pressure Beijing

Activists and citizen journalists use the internet to push for change.
Tehran warns opposition protesters

Iranian religious leaders call for end to anti-government protests.

FOCUS: FEATURES, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT

The $30bn pair of underpants

Author says failed bomb plot may succeed in ways that exceed al-Qaeda's expectations.

Migrants face dangers in Mexico

Hoping to reach the US, Central American migrants are beaten and sold into prostitution.

Skeletons in the closet?

Are expansions to government secrecy over the past decade a threat to human rights?

'They kept pumping bullets into us'

Iraqis frustrated by Blackwater verdict but say fight for justice will continue.

Blogs

Europe

Who was Alexander the Great?

By Barnaby Phillips

Americas

Mudslides causing chaos and death

By Gabriel Elizondo

Business

'Harsh lessons we may need to learn again'

By Teymoor Nabili

Europe

Brown's big battle

By Alan Fisher

AROUND THE WORLD NOW

Africa
	Insecurity plagues DRC refugees
	Al-Qaeda claims Italian kidnappings

Americas
	Iraq 'to appeal Blackwater verdict'
	Colombian forces raid Farc camp

Asia-Pacific
	New media firm gets Taiwan animated
	Philippine volcano alert lowered

CENTRAL/S. ASIA
	Pakistan village mourns bomb deaths
	CIA probes Afghanistan deaths

Europe
	UK to back US efforts in Yemen
	Danish cartoonist attacker charged

Middle East
	US dismisses Iran nuclear ultimatum
	Gaza aid convoy leaves Syria

Your Views

Is the US militarising its foreign aid?

Sport

Barca drop first home points

England claim two early wickets

Programmes

A matter of life and debt

Al Jazeera travels to the heart of the debate over US healthcare reform.
Gilad Shalit - Bargaining Chip

People & Power investigates the case of the captured Israeli soldier.
Bangladesh: A Brave Face

Hundreds of acid attacks take place in Bangladesh each year but most cases go unpunished.
Riz Khan

This live interactive show allows you to put your questions directly to newsmakers.
Locked in: Life in Gaza

Al Jazeera provides an extraordinary insight into life under occupation.
Gaza Fixer 2

Witness revisits Raed Atharmneh to see how he is coping in the aftermath of Israel's war.