Lawyer Yassir al-Sharjabi (R), who was appointed by the state security court to defend Shi'ite rebel leader Yahya al-Houthi, addresses the court during the opening of Houthi's trial in absentia in Sanaa October 26, 2009. Yemen began the trial in absentia on Monday of Houthi, a leader of Shi'ite rebels in the north of the Arabian Peninsula country, accusing him of spying for a foreign country. RETUERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW)
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