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Yemen says foils attempt to bomb oil pipeline


    SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces have foiled an attempt to blow up a crude oil pipeline in the Marib province and arrested a number of "saboteurs", the official Yemeni news agency Saba said on Sunday.

    "Interrogations are under way, but the initial resultsindicate that this group is linked to the terrorist bombing ofthe pipeline last year," Saba said citing the head of securityin the province.

    Yemen is a small producer of oil with an output of around300,000 barrels per day.

    (Reporting by Inal Ersan; Editing by Simon Webb)