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Protesters Wounded in Yemen Clashes

   VOA News  April 30, 2011
   Anti-government protesters carry a fellow protester wounded during
   clashes with police in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, April 30,
   2011

Photo: Reuters

   Anti-government protesters carry a fellow protester wounded during
   clashes with police in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, April 30,
   2011

   Witnesses in Yemen say troops opened fire on anti-government protesters
   in the southern city of Aden, wounding at least 10 people.
   Witnesses told the Associated Press that Yemeni forces with heavy
   weapons drove hundreds of anti-government protesters out of a square in
   al-Mansura neighborhood that they had been camping in for months
   Saturday, sparking demonstrations.
   The violence comes as a delegation from the Gulf Cooperation Council
   visits Yemen to finalize an agreement for the president to step down
   from power, in an effort to end the ongoing political crisis.
   Yemen's state news agency Saba reports the GCC Secretary-General
   Abdullatif al-Zayani will invite Yemen's leadership and opposition to
   attend an official signing ceremony Monday in Saudi Arabia.
   The deal, negotiated by the six-nation council, calls for Yemeni
   President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign within 30 days and to transition
   power to his vice president. It also would establish a unity
   government.
   The deal has divided members of the opposition between those who
   support the plan and those who say it does not go far enough.
   Many protesters have demanded the immediate departure of President
   Saleh, and have objected to a stipulation in the deal granting him and
   his family immunity from prosecution.

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