Six killed in separatist unrest in south Yemen - sources


ADEN (Reuters) - Security forces opened fire to disperse secessionist protesters in the south Yemen port of Aden and a nearby town on Thursday, killing at least six people, medical sources and witnesses said.

Mass unrest that ousted authoritarian president Ali Abdullah Saleh a year ago caused widespread disorder in which separatist agitation in south Yemen has revived almost 20 years after it was suppressed in a brief civil war won by the north.

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