September 16, 2011 | Filed under: News | Posted by:
SANAA Yemen — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Yemen Friday demanding the resignation of the president, a day after the U.S. State Department said it hoped a power transfer deal could be signed within a week. President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been hanging on to his post despite local, regional and international pressure to leave office. Al-Qaida linked militants have been taking advantage of the turmoil to overrun parts of southern Yemen. Saleh has come close to signing the Gulf Cooperation Council’s power transfer proposal several times, only to back out at the last minute. It offers him and his family immunity from prosecution over the deaths of…
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