Yemen’s Saleh calls for early elections, violence goes on

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh made no pledge on Sunday to step down in his first address to the nation since returning home, calling for early elections in a move that is unlikely to appease protesters demanding his immediate departure. Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh delivers a televised speech in Sanaa September 25, 2011. Saleh made no pledge to step down in his first address to the nation since returning home, calling for early elections in a move that is unlikely to appease protesters demanding his immediate departure. (REUTERS/Yemeni Army Media Department/Handout) Saleh, speaking after the sixth day of a wave of violence in which more than 100 people have…

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Yemen’s Saleh calls for early elections, violence goes on

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