From Newswire

• Yemen hemming in al Qaeda, U.S. embassy reopens
• Dutch say failed plane bomber acted alone
• Britain says had no warning of plane bomb plot
• Exhausted Japan finance minister to quit: report
• Gaza militant killed in Israeli air strike
• China rules out new U.N. sanctions on Iran for now
• Nigeria chafes at tougher U.S. air security rule
• Canada to use full-body scanners for U.S. flights
• Iraq says militant leader linked to hostages freed
• China fights growing problem of tuberculosis