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Yemen: President declares state of emergency
[Ennahar] Yemeni President  President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, after serving as a lieutenant colonel in the army. He had been part of the conspiracy that bumped off his predecessor, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, in the usual tiresome military coup, and he has maintained power by keeping Yemen's many tribes fighting with each other, rather than uniting to string him up. ... declared Friday a state of emergency in the country after the death of more than 41 people by shooting against an anti-government demonstration in Sanaa. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-19 |
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