Yemen officials: Saleh to depart for Oman
January 22, 2012 - 4:00am
Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States, Yemeni officials said on yesterday, part of an American effort to get the embattled strongman...
Yemen sticks to anti-terrorism stance amid domestic strife
December 31, 2011 - 1:00pm
Yemen sticks to its iron fist policies against terrorism although the authorities face demands of protestors to prosecute outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Yemen government workers rally against corruption
December 28, 2011 - 11:43pm
Strikes are spreading in Yemen's capital as hundreds of government employees rally, demanding reforms and the firing of top managers over alleged corruption linked to the country's outgoing president.
Troops hit protesters marching into Yemen capital
December 25, 2011 - 7:26am
Troops commanded by relatives of Yemen's outgoing president attacked a crowd of more than 100,000 protesters peacefully marching into the capital yesterday, killing at least nine and driving the president to promise...
Yemen: 28 killed in 3 days of fighting in Taiz
December 5, 2011 - 4:09am
Clashes between the Yemeni army and tribal fighters in the southern city of Taiz have left at least 28 people dead over the past three days, activists and medical officials said yesterday, despite a power transfer...
Yemen sets date for presidential vote
November 27, 2011 - 4:15am
Yemen scheduled early presidential elections for early next year on yesterday in line with a power-sharing deal aimed at ending a nine-month political crisis, according to the country's official news agency.
Protesters reject Yemen president's power transfer
November 25, 2011 - 1:34pm
A U.S.-backed deal for Yemen's authoritarian president to step down falls far short of the demands of protesters fighting regime supporters on the streets of Sanaa in clashes that have left five dead.
Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising
November 24, 2011 - 2:05pm
Yemen's autocratic leader has agreed to step down after months of demonstrations against his 33-year rule, pleasing the U.S. and its Gulf allies who feared that collapsing security in the impoverished nation was...
Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising
November 24, 2011 - 5:12am
Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed yesterday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.
Yemen's president agrees to step down
November 24, 2011 - 2:10am
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed yesterday to step down after a long-running uprising to oust him from 33 years in power.
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