YEMEN COURT SENTENCES REBEL TO DEATH

a Yemeni court sentenced 13 Zaydi Shi'ite rebels to up to 10 years in jail and Jafar al-Murhabi to death, after convicting them of forming an armed group to attack the state and civilians. The government launched a crackdown in Yemen's northern province of Saada last month against rebels led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. The government has also urged journalists not to report on the details of the fighting. Among those sentenced to jail was Abdel Karim al-Khaywani, editor of opposition newspaper al-Shura, who was found carrying images of the fighting in Saada and statements from the rebels.