Yemen police fire on protests, 4 killed

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Tweet – Yemeni security forces killed four people Saturday and wounded hundreds in the second day of a harsh crackdown on anti-government protests, witnesses said. One of the dead was a 15-year-old student. The assault with gunfire and tear gas was the toughest yet by the Yemeni government in a month of protests aimed at unseating President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been in power for 32 years. The violence began with a predawn raid on a central square in the capital, Sanaa, where…

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