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torsdag, januari 27, 2011

'Tunisia effect' spreads to Yemen; thousands take to the streets


Yemen today
Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa on Thursday to demand a change of government, inspired by the unrest that has ousted Tunisia's leader and spread to Egypt this week.

Green: Yemen
"The people want a change in president," shouted protesters who gathered at Sanaa University for one of the demonstrations scattered across the city, in the largest of a wave of anti government protests.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key ally of the United States in a war against a resurgent Yemeni arm of al Qaeda, has ruled the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state for over 30 years.
At least 10,000 protesters gathered at Sanaa University and around 6,000 more elsewhere in Sanaa in protests organised by Yemen's opposition coalition, Reuters witnesses said. Police watched but no clashes were reported.

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