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26 May 2011 Last updated at 19:27 ET

US pulls diplomats out of YemenYemeni soldiers at checkpoint in Sanaa - 25 May 2011

The US orders all its non-essential diplomatic staff to leave Yemen and issues an advisory against travel there as clashes escalate.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama, from left, greet crowds as they arrive at the G8 Summit in Deauville, western France, on ThursdayArab unrest dominates G8 summit

Leaders of some of the world's wealthiest nations meet in France for a summit set to be dominated by uprisings in the Arab world.

Global banks held Libyan assets

Some of the biggest financial institutions in the world held billions of dollars of Libyan state funds, a leaked report reveals.

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