Yemen missile strike kills five separatists

A missile struck a passing out ceremony in southern Yemen yesterday, killing at least five southern separatists, security officials said. The ceremony in the town of Ad-Dali was for new recruits to the separatist-dominated Security Belt Forces, a formation trained and equipped by the United Arab Emirates to patrol territory retaken from northern rebels or al-Qaeda, its spokesmen Majed al-Shuaibi said.