Yemen sentences more rebels to death.Summary: A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced to death eight men involved in a Shiite rebellion, who were arrested last year for fighting government troops north of the country's capital. Seven A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced to death eight men involved in a Shiite rebellion, who were arrested last year for fighting government troops north of the country's capital. Seven rebels received prison sentences of 12 years, three received three-year sentences, one received an eight-year sentence and one a five-year sentence. Two others were found innocent. The Houthi rebels were arrested last year for fighting troops for around a month at Bani Husheish, 30 km (19 miles) north of Sanaa. Houthi rebels first took up arms against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule in 2004, citing political, economic and religious marginalization mar·gin·al·ize tr.v. mar·gin·al·ized, mar·gin·al·iz·ing, mar·gin·al·iz·es To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing. by the Saudi- and Western-backed government. But the conflict intensified in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: in August when the army unleashed Operation Scorched Earth scorched earth An antitakeover strategy in which the target firm disposes of those assets or divisions considered particularly desirable by the raider. Thus, by making itself less attractive, the target discourages the takeover attempt. . Aid groups, who have been given limited access to the northern provinces, say up to 150,000 people have fled their homes since 2004. On Tuesday the court, in a separate trial, sentenced to death four of 16 men , while eleven were jailed for up to 15 years and one was released for already having served out his sentence. On Monday, a court opened proceedings in absentia in absentia (in ab-sensh-ee-ah) adj. or adv. phrase. Latin for "in absence," or more fully, in one's absence. Occasionally a criminal trial is conducted without the defendant being present when he/she walks out or escapes after the trial has begun, since the accused against Yahya al-Houthi, the brother of the rebels' leader, who is now based in Germany. Veteran ruler Saleh also faces a separatist sep·a·ra·tist n. 1. One who secedes or advocates separation, especially from an established church; a sectarian or separationist. 2. movement in the south and top oil exporter Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. fears the instability will help al
Qaeda launch more attacks there.
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