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... a barrel, its highest close in two years. A host of other protests took place again today in North Africa and the Middle East. In Yemen, hundreds of people rallied in the capital of Sanaa, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. The group scuffled with pro-regime ...
... and helicopters seen overhead. The situation in Bahrain has presented diplomatic challenges for the United States, which headquarters the Navy's 5th fleet there. In Yemen, clashes continued into their second week as pro-government protesters encountered those calling on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave office. Police fired warning ...
... s been declared a public holiday, which could backfire against the regime if many more demonstrators then take to the streets. JUDY WOODRUFF: Meanwhile, in Yemen, the trouble kept building today -- 2,000 police blocked thousands of students in Sanaa from joining other protesters. And two people were killed in ...
... the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be ready to assist state and local governments in grappling with the aftermath. More Than 20,000 Call for Yemeni President to Step Down One day after Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, said he would not seek re-election in 2013, more than ...
... cancelled. President Obama told the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be prepared to assist with state and local governments' efforts to cope with the storm. Yemen's President Says He Will Not Seek Another Term Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will finish out his term in 2013, after ...
JEFFREY BROWN: And we return to the uprisings in the Middle East. Yemen was the latest Arab country to erupt with mass protests today. Thousands marched in the capital city of Sanaa, calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemen's leader had tried to calm tensions by ...
Yemeni students march through the streets of the capital Sanaa on their way to the Tunisian embassy on Jan. 26, 2011. (Gamal Noman/AFP/Getty Images) Inspired by the protests in Tunisia that ousted the country's president and by the demonstrations in Cairo, thousands of Yemenis marched in the ...
Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yaqoub is worried about the trend. JALAL YAQOUB, Yemeni deputy finance minister: We're subsidizing the depletion of water, and we're subsidizing the people who chew qat, and it's just not -- it's not right. MARGARET WARNER: But he acknowledges there is an economic ...
... ABDULLAH SALEH (through translator): Actually, there's no reason that U.S. troops be in Yemen. And we don't have any intentions here in Yemen -- and we believe the same with the U.S. They don't have any intention to have their troops here in Yemen, because there ...
... addition, the U.S. is trying very, very hard, say, in Afghanistan to reduce civilian casualties, because of the blowback. For the Saleh government in Yemen, it's also very complicated. He has an opposition which, as I said, after this raid, really raked him over the coals and said ...
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