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| Clash between Yemen Troops, Southern Separatists Wounds 4 |
| 2014-01-28 |
| [An Nahar] A clash between Yemeni troops and southern separatists, who were demonstrating on Monday against the country's reconciliation talks, left four people maimed, witnesses and a medic said. Hardline secessionists, who are calling for independence for the south, erupted into the streets of the southern city of Ataq two days after a national dialogue concluded in Sanaa. The talks concluded with a plan to turn the republic into a federation, draft a constitution and hold elections. "The Yemen dialogue does not concern us," chanted protesters in Ataq, according to witnesses. "We reject the outcome of the Sanaa dialogue." A shootout erupted between armed protesters and troops who tried to disperse the demonstration, witnesses said, adding two protesters and two soldiers were maimed. A medic at the Ataq public hospital confirmed the toll, and said one demonstrator is in a critical condition. Moderate factions in the Southern Movement had joined the talks, part of a Gulf-brokered exit deal that ended a year of Arab Spring-inspired protests against former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , who stepped down after 33 years in power. |
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