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Sun, 2011-09-11 23:15
Yemeni government forces, backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, are battling Al-Qaeda fighters in Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, in their first major advance on the city in months.
Ground battles and airstrikes have failed to dislodge the militants from Zinjibar and other towns, which militants overran in April and May.
The security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters, said Sunday the bomb exploded in eastern Zinjibar.
Some 90 soldiers and over 300 fighters have been killed in southern Yemen this year.
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