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Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told thousands of supporters on Friday that he wants an early presidential election to end a political crisis...

Yemen’s opposition blamed President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday for the failure of a Gulf plan aimed at ending a bloody political dispute, saying...

A Gulf mediator was to meet President Ali Abdullah Saleh Sunday in a new bid to resolve Yemen's political crisis despite scepticism from the...

Huge crowds in Sanaa and other Yemeni cities demanded on Friday that President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave after months of popular tumult that has...

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told a mass rally of supporters on Friday that he would resist calls to quit, describing as “outlaws” tens...

Yemen’s president was to sign an agreement on Saturday to quit power in a month’s time in exchange for immunity in a deal that,...

Yemen’s veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he supports “peaceful” and “constitutional” change as five more people were killed on Wednesday with no let...

SANAA - Tension simmered in Yemen on Monday after a fruitless meeting with Gulf mediators and late night demonstrations turned violent in Sanaa. The streets of Sanaa appeared quiet on Monday following overnight clashes with security forces, an AFP correspondent reported.
Late on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of men and women protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's call for an end to men and women demonstrating together against the regime, and called for his ouster.

SANAA - Tension simmered in Yemen on Monday after a fruitless meeting with Gulf mediators and late night demonstrations turned violent in Sanaa.
The streets of Sanaa appeared quiet on Monday following overnight clashes with security forces, an AFP correspondent reported.
Late on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of men and women protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's call for an end to men and women demonstrating together against the regime, and called for his

SANAA - President Ali Saleh Abdullah stood defiant as Yemen's elected leader in a speech to his supporters on Friday despite a growing list of desertions and mounting pressure on him to resign.
"These popular masses -- these millions -- in this square have come to say 'yes' to constitutional legitimacy," Saleh told a large crowd gathered near the presidential palace. "These are the same masses who said 'yes' to Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2006 (elections) as president of the republic,"

SANAA - Yemen's opposition rejected an offer on Thursday to join Saudi-mediated talks on a transfer of power and set a two-week deadline for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step aside.
"We have renewed our emphasis on the need for speeding the process of (Saleh) standing down to within two weeks. Therefore we will not go to Riyadh," said Mohammed al-Mutawakkil, a prominent opposition leader.

SANAA - Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Monday he was ready for a "peaceful" and constitutional transfer of power, a day after Gulf states urged him to hand over power to his deputy.
Protesters had earlier rejected the proposal made by foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, saying they wanted the fall of his regime altogether, and insisted on taking the country's strongman to court.
"In compliance with statements (he) made several times... his

SANAA - Protesters kept up the heat on President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday as deaths mounted in the flashpoint city of Taez, even as a dissident general denied aiming to replace the Yemeni leader.
On the regional scene, Yemen recalled its ambassador to Qatar, state news agency Saba announced, after a call from the Gulf state for Saleh to step down stirred anger in Sanaa. And the army shelled a suspected Al-Qaeda refuge in southern Yemen, after the United States expressed

SANAA - Tens of thousands of demonstrators for and against embattled Yemeni Pesident Ali Abdullah Saleh rallied on Friday, with no resolution in sight after weeks of inconclusive talks amid mounting clashes. The US and Gulf Arab countries including Yemen's key financial backer, Saudi Arabia, appear ready to push aside a long-time ally against al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing to avoid a chaotic collapse of the poorest Arab state.
"Saleh's options are gone. The Gulf initiative must

SANAA - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday a plan to negotiate his resignation in the face of mass protests was a "belligerent intervention", apparently rejecting a Gulf Arab plan to end his 32-year rule.
Saleh, facing an unprecedented challenge from hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country, initially had accepted an offer by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to hold talks with the opposition.
But on Wednesday, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh

SANAA - Gulf states heaped pressure on Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday, announcing they expect him to quit after more than two months of bloody protests.
Members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council "hope to reach a deal with the Yemeni president to step down," said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani. Saleh had on Wednesday welcomed Gulf mediation, according to a statement on Saba state news agency, which said he "affirmed the

SANAA - Western pressure mounted on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday to stand down as least 24 people were killed in as many hours and Gulf states sought to mediate a deal with the opposition. A spokesman for Yemen's main opposition coalition, in an initial reaction to an offer by the Gulf Cooperation Council, said Saleh's foes were ready for a conditional mediation.
"We have welcomed (a GCC invitation) and said we will attend, but to discuss a transfer of power