Leader of Yemeni al Qaeda cell killed
The leader of a Yemeni al Qaeda cell has been killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces, Yemen's state news agency says.
The American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a major al Qaeda figure who US officials say inspired several terror plots against the US, was killed overnight in Yemen in a CIA drone strike, US and Yemeni officials told ABC News.