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    June 14, 2011

Yemenis Rally for Government Transition

   VOA News
   Female anti-government protesters, chant slogans during a demonstration
   demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in
   Taiz, June 14, 2011
   Photo: AP
   Female anti-government protesters, chant slogans during a demonstration
   demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in
   Taiz, June 14, 2011

   Thousands of Yemenis have rallied in the capital, Sana'a, where they
   called for the formation of a transitional council that excludes
   members of the current government.
   The large rally took place on Tuesday, a day after Yemen's political
   opposition held talks with the acting leader, Vice President Abd al-Rab
   Mansur Hadi, on a possible transition plan.
   President Ali Abdullah Saleh transferred his powers to the deputy after
   traveling to Saudi Arabia to seek treatment for wounds suffered in an
   attack on his presidential compound this month.
   Meanwhile, the Gulf Cooperation Council met in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to
   discuss Yemen's political crisis. The group's efforts to help resolve
   the unrest stalled after President Saleh refused to sign a proposal
   which calls for him to eventually leave office.
   In another development, Yemeni security sources say a bomb explosion in
   the country's south had killed an army colonel. Officials said the
   blast tore through the car of Colonel Muti'a al-Sayani while he was
   driving Monday in a region near the southern port of Aden.

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