Yemeni troops kill 12 militants in country's south
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A senior Yemeni official says government troops have killed 12 militants and retaken control of a southern town after several days of fighting with rebels.
Deputy Interior Minister Lt. Gen. Saleh Hussein al-Zouari says the Yemeni army began its assault on the town of Lawder after 11 soldiers were killed in an ambush on Friday. Al-Zouari said Wednesday the militants killed in the fighting were members of al-Qaeda. (AP)
