ADEN Wholesale Vegas Golden Knights Jersey , Yemen, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Eight fighters loyal to Yemen's internationally-backed government were killed and several others injured in clashes with Shiite Houthi rebels near the Red Sea coast city of Mocha on Wednesday, a military official told Xinhua.


"The clashes broke out after a group of Shiite Houthi rebels attempted to sneak into military sites held by Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters in Muzaa area near the Red Sea coast city of Mocha," the local military official said on condition of anonymity.


The pro-government forces in Mocha city retaliated by launching a large-scale armed attack with tanks and artillery against the Houthi-held areas near Mocha, the source said.


Medical sources confirmed to Xinhua that about eight fighters allied with the legitimate government were killed in the fighting with the Houthi rebels and several others injured.


Other military sources confirmed that the casualties are likely to rise due to inability of ambulances to access the area of the clashes and to transfer victims to public hospitals in Aden.


There was no official statement from the Saudi-backed Yemeni government but local activists revealed in social media the names and personal pictures of those killed.


Yemen's internationally-backed government Wholesale Winnipeg Jets Jersey , allied with the Saudi-led Arab military coalition, has for more than two years been battling Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels over control of the country.


The coalition began a military air campaign in March 2015 to roll back Houthi gains and reinstate exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government to the power.


The coalition also imposed air and sea blockade to prevent weapons from reaching Houthis, who had invaded the capital Sanaa militarily and seized most of the northern Yemeni provinces.


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LONDON Wholesale Vancouver Canucks Jersey , March 5 (Xinhua) -- As the dust was settling after World War Two, a survey was launched involving thousands of newly born British babies that would have a lifelong impact.


Their parents signed them up for what would become the world's longest scientific survey of humans.


Throughout their lives, from infancy, to childhood, their teen years Wholesale Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey , and on to old age, they would be monitored by scientists.


They have been measured, weighed, given blood and skin samples and provided DNA, each having their lives probed in unprecedented detail for 70 years.


The data played a key role in the creation of the British NHS in 1948 by exposing inequalities and social divides Wholesale Tampa Bay Lightning Jersey , leading to better healthcare, and credited with saving thousands of lives.


This week hundreds of the so-called Douglas babes, named after scientist James Douglas who created the project, have been attending official parties to celebrate the 70th birthday of the National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD).


Douglas wanted to find out why Britain had alarmingly high death rates for babies. He recruited almost 14,000 babies for the project Wholesale St. Louis Blues Jersey , all born over a few days in March 1946.


Around 3,000 of those who joined the program in 1946 is still contributing to essential fact-finding for health researchers.


Professor Diana Kuh, from Britain's Medical Research Council (MRC), the study's director, said: ""We have kept a close eye on all those who were originally in the study. Some of these people have died Wholesale San Jose Sharks Jersey , and from that we have calculated that just over 80 percent of the cohort children are still alive.""


""They have been helping us for seven decades of their lives. Their contribution to our knowledge about human development and ageing is enormously valuable for science and policy,"" Kuh said.


Helen Pearson, who has published a book this week about the survey, said: ""Seventy years ago in March 1946, when NSHD study members were born Wholesale Pittsburgh Penguins Jersey , they became part of something truly extraordinary - a group of babies who would be watched by scientists more closely than any before. The NSHD is today the longest running study of human development in the world, and the envy of scientists everywhere.""


""The story of the British birth cohorts is one of a struggle for survival, and the heroes are both the lifelong study members and the remarkable scientists who have fought for the studies in which they passionately believed,"" he said.


Even in their old age the participants are delivering fascinating results for those monitoring their progress. A research team and the Institute of Neurology at London's UCL are to put the lives of 500 of the pensioners under the microscope.


Kuh says they will be given brain scans and a battery of cognitive and sensory tests, to be repeated in two years. The results Wholesale Philadelphia Flyers Jersey , adds Kuh, might give clues to those most likely to suffer from dementia.


""The study is now at a crucial stage, following study members as they get older and providing vital information. Modern science will learn even more than before about healthy and unhealthy ageing, and this knowledge is very likely to lead to new possibilities for prevention.""


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