Yemen says would not hand over militant cleric to US
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Yemen will not hand over to Washington a militant Muslim cleric wanted dead or alive by US authorities, but instead put him on trial if he is arrested, Yemen's foreign minister was quoted on Monday as saying.
US officials said in April President Barack Obama's administration had authorised operations to capture or kill US-born Anwar al-Awlaki -- a leading figure linked to al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, which claimed responsibility for a failed bombing of a Detroit-bound plane in December. (Reuters)
