50 Yemeni troops missing after battling militants (AP)



Yemeni women, carry wood on their heads as a symbol of gas shortage, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, July 2, 2011. A Yemeni army colonel and a local official are accusing the weak central government of allowing al-Qaida-linked militants to exploit the country's turmoil and overrun entire swaths of land in the volatile south. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - About 50 Yemeni soldiers are missing after battling Islamic militants in the south of the country, a military official said Saturday.