11th February 2010 - Ceasefire agreed in Yemen (NYT)


President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has announced a cease-fire with the Houthi rebels, to take effect at midnight on Thursday. The internal struggle between the Yemeni Government and the Houthi rebels has rumbled on for six years, escalating at the end of last year when the rebels undertook incursions across Saudi Arabia's southern border into Saudi Arabian territory.

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