Army-rebel clashes in Yemen, kill 24

At least 24 people were killed on Friday as Yemeni troops and allied Islamists engaged in heavy fighting with Shiite rebels in the north, tribal sources said. The fighting, in which soldiers aided by fighters from the Islamist Al-Islah party, were pitted against Zaidi Shiite rebels, was for control of local government offices in Hizm, capital of Jawf province, according to AFP