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Yemeni Protesters Demand End to Saleh Rule

   VOA News  January 27, 2011
   Yemeni  demonstrators  chant slogans during a rally calling for an end
   to  the  government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sana'a, Yemen,
   January 27, 2011

Photo: AP

   Yemeni  demonstrators  chant slogans during a rally calling for an end
   to  the  government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sana'a, Yemen,
   January 27, 2011

   Thousands  of  Yemenis  have  launched  a new round of protests in the
   country's  capital  calling  for  an  end  to  the decades-old rule of
   President Abdullah Saleh.
   Demonstrators  gathered Thursday at several sites in Sana'a, including
   Sana'a University, to rally for a change in government.
   Hundreds  of  pro-government  demonstrators  held  their  own  counter
   protest in the city.
   Mr.  Saleh  has  been  in  power  for  more  than  30  years.  He won
   re-election  in  2007,  and  a proposed constitutional amendment could
   allow him to stay in power when his term runs out in 2013.
   Earlier  this  week, the president proposed raising salaries for civil
   workers and the military and after days of anti-government protests.
   Almost  half  of  the  country's 23 million people live on $2 a day or
   less.

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