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| Yemeni tribesmen 'seize Germans' | Yemeni tribesmen 'seize Germans' |
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| Tribesmen in Yemen have kidnapped three Germans, security officials say. | Tribesmen in Yemen have kidnapped three Germans, security officials say. |
| The tribesmen abducted the Germans to press for an end to a land dispute with another tribe, an unnamed security official was cited as saying. | The tribesmen abducted the Germans to press for an end to a land dispute with another tribe, an unnamed security official was cited as saying. |
| The official told Reuters news agency that the government had made contact with the tribe to secure their release. | |
| Foreigners are often seized in Yemen as tribes try to resolve differences with the central government. Most have been released unharmed. | |
| Two Japanese women were held for less than a day in May by tribesmen pressing for the release of a relative held in government custody. | |
| Yemen is a mainly Sunni Muslim country that faces unrest on several fronts: a Shia uprising in the north, disaffection from southerners who lost a civil war in the 1990s, and occasional attacks blamed on al-Qaeda militants. |