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To most analysts, Yemen, with its struggling economy and rising Al-Qaeda presence, has become so lawless it has now joined the ranks of failed states. A Shi'ite rebellion in the north, increasing attacks on western tourists and the US embassy bombing have added to the concern that the government is no longer in control and Yemen is rapidly becoming the new Somalia. But that's not how the country's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, sees it.
Writer: Steve Bloomfield
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