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Sana'a: The Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, discussed on Wednesday "efforts to combat terrorism", with Yemeni officials after two failed attacks claimed by Al Qaida targeting Americans in Yemen.
Explosion
The official news agency Saba said President Ali Abdullah Saleh discussed with Mueller "bilateral cooperation between Yemen and the United States, especially in the field of combating terrorism".
The agency said that US support for Yemen's efforts to combat terrorism was discussed in the meeting.
During the meeting, Saleh also demanded the release of all Yemeni citizens detained in Guantanamo Bay, in addition to the release of Yemenis jailed in the United States for terror charges.
Hours after the meeting, a bomb exploded outside the offices of a Canadian oil firm in Hadda Street, in Sana'a, causing no causalities, eyewitnesses and officials said.
The blast, which took place early yesterday, caused minor damages to the wall of the building of the largest oil company operating in Yemen, Canadian Nexen Petroleum.
A second bomb was defused by the security men who found it nearby a restaurant the company.
On April 6, unknown men believed to be Al Qaida affiliates, fired three rounds of mortars at a residential compound housing Americans and other foreign nationals in Hadda.
'Al Qaida' attacks
On March 18, mortars, again allegedly fired by Al Qaida, missed the US embassy in Sana'a killing a soldier and injuring about 20 girls at a neighbouring school.
Non-essential staff at the US embassy in Sana'a were told to leave Yemen after those attacks.
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