也門首都發生自殺炸彈爆炸42人死亡

A suicide bomber has killed at least 42 people in Yemen's capital in an attack apparently targeting Shi'ite Houthi rebels.

The blast happened Thursday in the Tahrir Square section of central Sanaa, which the rebels have controlled since last month.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing. In southern Yemen, a suicide car bombing also killed at least 20 soldiers.

The Houthis staged weeks of protests calling for better power sharing and a new government before reaching a U.N.-brokered deal in September.

They planned new demonstrations Thursday rejecting President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's appointment of Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as the new prime minister. But bin Mubarak has turned down the nomination.

State media quoted bin Mubarak as saying he wanted to avoid further disagreement in the country.也門首都星期四發生自殺炸彈襲擊， 造成42人死亡。這次襲擊明顯是針對什葉派胡塞示威者。

星期四的襲擊地點是薩那市中心的塔利爾廣場。什葉派胡塞示威者自從上個月以來一直控制着這個廣場。

目前還沒有人宣稱對這次襲擊事件負責。另外，也門南部星期四發生自殺汽車炸彈爆炸，至少有20名軍人被炸死。

九月份在聯合國斡旋達成協議之前，什葉派胡塞族人連續幾個星期舉行抗議活動，要求權利分享和組成新政府。

他們計劃在星期四舉行示威，抗議哈迪總統任命本姆巴拉克擔任新總理。但是本姆巴拉克已經拒絕自己的提名。

國家媒體援引本姆巴拉克的話說，他希望避免國家的進一步分裂。