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| Attack fears close UN offices as Yemen condemns 'smear' |
| 2013-12-13 |
| [Al Ahram] The United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... closed its offices in the Yemeni capital on Thursday over fears of possible car kabooms, although Western embassies remained open. Despite official denials of an alert, most shops in Sanaa were shuttered and little traffic ventured out onto the streets as rumours swirled among the city's residents of the risk of an imminent attack. The American and Turkish schools were also closed. Security forces have been on high alert in the capital since a brazen daylight attack on the defence ministry's sprawling headquarters on December 5 killed 56 people, among them expatriate medical staff. |
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