Yemen Police Fire on Protesters in South

 

VOA News April 03, 2011

Police in Yemen fired on anti-government protesters in the city of Taez south of the capital Sanaa.

Witnesses and medical officials says more that a dozen people were injured Sunday after police fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse the crowds.

On Saturday, Yemen's opposition leaders urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power to his vice president and step aside.

It was the first time the opposition had presented a proposal that could bring an end to the bloody anti-Saleh protests that broke out in late January.

The opposition plans call for Saleh's vice president, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi, to act as temporary president and oversee the restructuring of the army and security forces.

President Saleh has offered to hand over power after new elections are held, possibly before the end of his current term in 2013. He has been in power for 32 years.

The Yemeni opposition also demanded the formation of a presidential council to lead the country for a six-month transitional period. It says it is seeking eventual constitutional reforms and new elections.

Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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Yemeni Protesters in Several Cities Call for Saleh's Ouster

 

VOA News March 30, 2011

Yemeni opposition activists have rallied in several cities to demand the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they blame for deadly explosions at an ammunition factory earlier in the week.

Western news agencies say protesters gathered Wednesday in the capital, Sana'a, the central city of Ibb, the northern city of Saada and elsewhere. Saleh has faced weeks of mass demonstrations calling for his departure after 32 years in power, along with an end to corruption and poverty.

Protesters also blamed the government for explosions Monday that destroyed an ammunition factory near the southern town of Jaar, while it was being looted by local residents. The blasts killed about 150 people, including women and children among the looters.

The Yemeni government has blamed the disaster on al-Qaida militants who raided the factory a day earlier. It said the militants laid a "trap" for the looters.

Saleh has insisted on staying in office until new elections are held, possibly before the end of his current term in 2013. A coalition of protester groups has demanded that he resign immediately.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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Yemen Police Open Fire On Protesters Leaving 50 Hurt, Three Seriously

Reuters is now quoting witnesses as saying that 50 protesters have been hurt in Yemen, three of them seriously. Earlier on Tuesday, thousands of inmates rioted at the central prison in Sanaa, taking a dozen guards hostage and calling for President Saleh to resign, according to the Associated Press. At least one prisoner was killed and 80 people were wounded, police said. And elsewhere, gunfire erupted in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where Gbagbo forces killed 4. These are just the latest pieces of news from Reuters in a day in which nothing at all from the tape mattered, as a rumor circulates that the wildcat well drilled in the 1 billion barrel strategic petroleum reserve in Bernanke's back yard has now started producing.

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