Anti-Government Protests In Yemen Results in 12 Dead, Dozens Wounded

Security Forces Kill 12 Protesters In South Yemen -- Yahoo News/AP

SAN'A, Yemen – Yemeni security forces on Thursday opened fire on thousands of protesters in the south chanting anti-government slogans, killing 12 and wounding scores of others, medics and eyewitnesses said.

Yemen's north and south were separate countries until they united in 1990, only to dissolve into a months long civil war four years later when the south tried unsuccessfully to secede.

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Sixteen killed in south Yemen clashes: witnesses -- AFP
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