YEMEN: AL-QAEDA DUO GET DEATH SENTENCE

Presiding judge Muhssein Alwan of the Yemeni state security court sentenced al-Qaeda members Mubarak Hadi al-Shabwani and Mansour Saleh Dalil to death over three fatal attacks on military and police targets in 2009. They attacked a convoy in Hadhramout province in November, a military truck in Marib province in July 2009, and shooting dead two policemen in December.