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Official: Yemen president in US for treatment (AP)

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 file photo, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen's President's office says Yemeni leader Saleh has arrived in London en route to the U.S. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud, File)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)

FILE - In this Friday, April 8, 2011 file photo, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh reacts while looking at his supporters, not pictured, during a rally supporting him, in Sanaa,Yemen. Yemeni officials say outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States. Washington has been trying to get Saleh out of Yemen — though not to settle in the U.S. — to allow a peaceful transition from his rule. However, there appear to be differences whether Saleh would remain in exile. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)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)

Protestors carry a youth who was injured during clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. More than 100,000 protesters who entered Yemen's capital Saturday after a 4-day march from another city were attacked by elite troops loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who opened fire with guns, water cannons and tear gas. Medical officials said at least three protesters were killed, including a woman.(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)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)

Protesters march during a four-day march from Taiz to Sanaa demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Dhamar, Yemen, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)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)

Protesters march during a four-day march from Taiz to Sanaa demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Dhamar, Yemen, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)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)

A man carries a wounded protester during clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. A medic at a field hospital in Sanaa says several people have been killed by security forces and regime supporters who fired upon crowds demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh be put on trial. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)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)

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh, left, pose during a group picture with Arab and African leaders during the second  Afro-Arab summit in Sirte, Libya. Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president. Saleh was shown on Arabic satellite television stations Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011signing a proposal by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to end his country's 9-month old uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)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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