Friday, February 4, 2011

Yemen: 'Day of rage' in state seen as militant threat


By Kim Sengupta
The Independent

"The country considered by the US to be second only to Afghanistan in the "war on terror" saw tens of thousands take to the streets on yesterday's "Day of Rage", with police opening fire to disperse the crowd.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power for three decades like Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, has agreed not to run for office in the elections due in 2013, and has also insisted that his son Ahmed, seen as the political heir apparent, will not be in the running to take over the leadership......"

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