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U.S. to conclude counter-terror agreement with Yemen

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Monday, November 26, 2001

CAIRO Ñ The United States and Yemen appear to have reached agreement on counterterrorism cooperation.

The agreement will be formalized in a memorandum signed on Tuesday in Washington. The signing will be attended by visiting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Saleh left Sanaa on Saturday and visited Holland. He arrives for talks with Bush on Tuesday in Washington.

The U.S.-Yemeni memorandum addresses economic and technical cooperation in the fields of security, intelligence and counterterrorism.

On Sunday, the Times of London reported that Washington is pressing for a military attack on Bin Laden bases in Yemen's northern mountains.

The report was issued as clashes erupted between Yemeni security forces and insurgents in the western Yemeni town of Heis near the Red Sea. Four persons were killed Ñ three of them security officers Ñ and six others injured in the clashes at a police checkpoint near the town.

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