Posts Tagged ‘yemen’
Official: Yemen president in US for treatment (AP)
AP – The embattled president of Yemen arrived Saturday in the United States for medical treatment, according to a statement from the country’s foreign press office.
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Yemen officials: Saleh to depart for Oman (AP)
AP – Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States, Yemeni officials said on Saturday, part of an American effort to get the embattled strongman out of the country to allow a peaceful transition from his rule.
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Troops hit protesters marching into Yemen capital (AP)
AP – Yemen’s outgoing president said Saturday he would leave the country for the United States to help calm tensions in his country as forces commanded by his son and nephew opened fire on more than 100,000 protesters marching into the capital, killing at least nine.
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Yemen outgoing president says he will go to US (AP)
AP – Yemen’s outgoing president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, says he will travel to the United States in the coming days to “calm the atmosphere” in his homeland.
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3 killed, including woman, in Yemen clashes (AP)
AP – Yemeni medics say three protesters have been shot dead by Yemeni security forces who opened fire at some 100.000 protesters converging into the capital from a four-day march.
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Protesters reject Yemen president’s power transfer (AP)
AP – A U.S.-backed deal for Yemen’s authoritarian president to step down fell far short of the demands of protesters who fought regime supporters on the streets of Sanaa Thursday in clashes that left five dead.
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Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising (AP)
AP – Yemen’s authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.
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