Yemen losses near $1-billion after pipeline blast

Yemen has lost nearly $1-billion U.S. in revenues since a blast blamed on tribesmen supporting efforts to oust the president cut off the country’s main oil (CL-FT) pipeline, a senior official said on Tuesday

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The impoverished country has witnessed months of violent clashes which have killed dozens. Protesters are demanding president Ali Abdullah Saleh end his more than three decades in power.