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March 24, 2011

Saleh Adopts Sweeping Emergency Powers to Quell Protests 
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Embattled U.S.-backed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has enacted
sweeping emergency powers amidst a growing uprising against his 30-year
rule. On Wednesday, Yemen's parliament approved the implementation of
emergency laws suspending the constitution, barring protests, allowing
far-reaching media censorship and handing more authority to state
forces. Just over half of Yemen's 301 parliament members were present
for the vote. Thousands of people remain in the streets of Yemen in
defiance of the new laws.



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