Shiite Muslim rebels help create new government in Yemen

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A rebel group at the center of recent fighting in the Middle Eastern nation of Yemen will be helping to form a new government there.

The Shiite Muslim rebels called the Houthis are party to a peace agreement signed this weekend that calls for them, along with separatist factions, to nominate a new prime minister, the Associated Press and the BBC are reporting.

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