Nightly News | May 26, 2011
Violence in Yemen; U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
A deadly crackdown in Yemen killed more than 40 people on Thursday; and in Afghanistan, the Taliban claimed credit for killing eight American servicemembers who were patrolling on foot in Kandahar Province. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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>>> president obama has reached the business end of his european trip. after dublin and london, he's in dobeal france for a two-day summit with aide industrial nations . most of their time will be focused on the so-called arab spring sweeping through the middle east . that would include yemen where the political violence has killed many more people just this week. more than 40 people were killed in open street battles.
>>> and it's been a terrible day for americans in afghanistan. eight service members killed in kandahar province when a mine exploded on a field they were exploring on foot. it's been indeadliest attack so far in 2011 .