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Yemeni Security Forces Wound Dozens

   VOA News  April 25, 2011
   Police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters during
   a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah
   Saleh in the southern city of Taiz, April 25, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters during
   a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah
   Saleh in the southern city of Taiz, April 25, 2011

   Witnesses in Yemen say security forces have wounded dozens of people as
   they fired bullets and tear gas to break up thousands of
   anti-government protesters.
   The clashes happened Monday in the southern city of Taiz, where
   demonstrators continued calls for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step
   down immediately.
   The protests come days after Saleh agreed to a Gulf Arab initiative for
   him to transfer power and resign within 30 days of signing a formal
   agreement with the opposition.
   A coalition of seven opposition parties has said it accepts the deal
   brokered by the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, but will not join
   a proposed unity government while Saleh is still in office.
   The agreement would also grant Saleh and his family immunity from
   prosecution, but protesters have demanded they face trial.
   Demonstrators have staged more than two months of widespread protests
   seeking the ouster of Saleh, who has been in power for 32 years.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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