71.   Yemeni security officials refused to comment on the report.

72.   Yemeni security officials say they have information that confirms three members of the Zaidi clan, a group connected to the larger Gahm tribe, are behind the kidnapping.

73.   Yemeni security police confiscated the political writings of a dissident as he was leaving Yemen for Egypt, the dissident and a human rights group said Monday.

74.   Yemeni security sources said on condition of anonymity there was one hijacker they identified only as an Iraqi.

75.   Assailants hurled grenades at the Russian embassy in Sanaa last week, damaging offices in the mission, a senior Yemeni security official said.

76.   Clashes between Yemeni security forces and tribesmen have killed five people and left several wounded in the past few days, police said Tuesday.

77.   Yemeni security forces on Sunday freed four German tourists kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen nearly two weeks ago and arrested their captors, officials said.

78.   Yemeni security forces Sunday secured the release of four German tourists kidnapped by tribesmen nearly two weeks ago, and arrested their captors, officials said.

79.   Yemeni security forces freed on Sunday four German tourists kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen nearly two weeks ago and arrested their captors, officials said.

80.   Yemeni security forces Monday night were surrounding the area where the kidnappers of a French diplomat were hiding, the interior ministry said in a statement.