<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/howtwittermappedacovert_0.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 343px;" title="The local press was quickly at the scene but Twitter broke the story first." /><span class="caption">The local press was quickly at the scene but Twitter broke the story first.</span></span></p>
<p>Though the hour was late, Yemen&rsquo;s social media was still very much awake.</p>
<p>A US drone&rsquo;s missiles had just slammed into a convoy of vehicles in a remote part of Yemen, killing three alleged militants.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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