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Yemeni Police Fire on Demonstrators as Violence Continues

   VOA News  April 19, 2011
   Women hold a banner during an anti-government rally to demand the
   ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Sanaa University,
   April 19, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Women hold a banner during an anti-government rally to demand the
   ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Sanaa University,
   April 19, 2011

   Witnesses in southern Yemen say police have fired on anti-government
   protesters, wounding several people.
   The demonstrators suffered gunshot wounds Tuesday while demanding the
   ouster of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the city of Taiz.
   Anti-government protesters have been calling for an end to Saleh's
   32-year rule for the past two months. The Yemeni president has
   indicated he is willing to step down in an orderly transition, but the
   opposition wants his immediate departure.
   The U.N. Security Council plans to discuss the unrest in Yemen for the
   first time since the protests began. Tuesday's meeting on Yemen was
   proposed by Germany's ambassador, and diplomats say the meeting will
   send a political signal that the unrest is of growing concern to the
   international community.
   Also, a high-level delegation from Yemen's ruling party is set to meet
   Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates with mediators from the Gulf
   Cooperation Council.
   Opposition leaders met Council foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia Sunday
   without any breakthrough.
   Violence between pro-Saleh forces and opposition activists has killed
   more than 116 people since protests began in late January.
   On Monday, at least 80 people were wounded in the Red Sea port of
   al-Hudaydah when security forces fired on protesters demanding Saleh's
   ouster.
   Residents say plainclothes police fired live ammunition, while other
   security officials used clubs and tear gas against demonstrators.

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