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Dozens Killed By Suicide Bomber In Yemen

It's been another deadly day in Yemen:

: "At least 63 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack during a rehearsal for a military parade in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say. The assailant, who was reportedly wearing an army uniform, blew himself up among a group of soldiers at al-Sabin Square, near the presidential palace."

, and says al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility. Nearly 100 were killed, according to that news network.

The suicide bombing wasn't the only grim news from Yemen. , gunmen also opened fire "on American Coast Guard instructors at a Red Sea port." Reuters says the U.S. instructor was "shot and seriously wounded." The Times adds that:

"The attacks raised fresh concerns about the activities of an al-Qaida affiliate in the poverty-stricken land that has endured months of protest and insurgency since the first stirrings of the broader Arab revolt last year."

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