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Yemeni soldiers, Shi'ite rebels killed in clash

SANAA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Up to 20 people have been killed in clashes between Yemeni soldiers and Shi'ite Muslim supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Hussein al-Houth, tribal sources said on Monday.

They said 10 others were wounded in the clashes in the northern province of Saada. One said those killed included five soldiers. Officials were not immediately available for comment.

Yemen says rebels loyal to Houthi, who was killed in 2004, want to install clerical rule and preach violence against the United States and Israel. The group is not linked to al Qaeda.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06606870.htm