Yemeni president pledges not to seek another term
AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press= SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s U.S.-backed president, in power for more than three decades, pledged Wednesday not to seek another term in office in an apparent attempt to defuse protests inspired by Tunisia’s revolt and the turmoil in Egypt. The concession by Ali Abdullah Saleh signaled that another autocratic Arab leader once thought immune to challenge was ceding ground to pent-up fury and demands for reform of the kind that have swept the region. It came one day after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, target of nine days of protest calling for his ouster, made a the same pledge gave a similar speech on television. Yet Saleh’s move posed questions about…
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