One dead as #Yemen bans Aden independence #Protests
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Yemeni security forces cordoned off the center of the southern city of Aden on Friday as they enforced a ban on pro-independence protests that sparked deadly clashes overnight. Two years after the ouster of veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, secessionist leaders called for anniversary demonstrations to press their campaign for the restoration of the independence that the south enjoyed until the forceful union with the north in 1990. read more