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Official: Yemen president in US for treatment (AP)

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:10:52 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:27:38 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:46:50 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:32:49 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:04:22 +0000

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)

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:57:55 +0000

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)

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:02:46 +0000

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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Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising (AP)

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:34:39 +0000

AP – Yemen’s authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down after a fierce uprising to oust him from 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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UN envoy: Yemen leader to sign power-transfer deal (AP)

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:24:17 +0000

AP – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh plans to sign a deal Wednesday in the Saudi capital that could mean the end of his 33-year rule, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said.

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US strike kills 9 al-Qaida militants in Yemen (AP)

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:16:56 +0000

AP – The United States has raised the tempo in its war against al-Qaida in Yemen, killing nine of the terror group’s militants in the second, high-profile airstrike in as many weeks. The dead in the late Friday night strike included the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, the prominent American-Yemeni militant killed in a Sept. 30 strike.

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