(New York Times) Kareem Fahim and Eric Schmitt - U.S. commandos stormed a village in southern Yemen early Saturday in an effort to free American photojournalist Luke Somers held hostage by al-Qaeda, but Somers and Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher, were killed by their captors when they realized the rescue effort was underway, U.S. officials said. It was the second attempt by U.S. forces to rescue Somers from Yemen in less than two weeks. Somers' captors said in a video released Wednesday that they would kill him by Saturday unless unspecified demands were met. A tribal leader said at least two militants and eight civilians were killed in the raid.
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