Wednesday 23 November 2011

Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh, left, pose during a group picture with Arab and African leaders during the second  Afro-Arab summit in Sirte, Libya. Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president. Saleh was shown on Arabic satellite television stations Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011signing a proposal by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to end his country's 9-month old uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)AP - Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.



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