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3 Killed as Violence Returns to Yemen's Capital

   VOA News  June 06, 2011
   Armed tribesmen, loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the
   powerful Hashid tribe, stand guard in a street corner around al-Ahmar's
   house, during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, June 6,
   2011.

Photo: AP

   Armed tribesmen, loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the
   powerful Hashid tribe, stand guard in a street corner around al-Ahmar's
   house, during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, June 6,
   2011.

   Opposition tribesmen in Yemen say government snipers in the capital,
   Sana'a, have killed three supporters of tribal leader Sheikh Sadiq
   al-Ahmar.
   The shootings Monday came a day after Vice President Abd al-Rab Mansur
   Hadi ordered his forces to vacate opposition-controlled areas of the
   capital, while al-Ahmar began to evacuate his militia from government
   buildings and called for an end to the fighting.
   Scores of people have been killed in two weeks of clashes in Sana'a.
   President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed power to Hadi before departing to
   Saudi Arabia, where the president is recovering from an operation to
   remove shrapnel from his chest.
   Saleh was wounded in a rocket attack Friday on his presidential
   compound, and is expected to remain in Saudi Arabia for two weeks.
   Ruling party officials insist Saleh will return to Yemen, but analysts
   say it is not clear whether his Saudi hosts will allow him to go back
   home as president.
   Hadi met with U.S. ambassador Gerald Feierstein Sunday to discuss
   cooperation with Yemen's opposition coalition. He also met separately
   with military commanders, including several of Saleh's sons.
   The Washington Post reported that U.S. and European diplomats,
   including Feierstein, urged Yemen's opposition to refrain from setting
   up interim government committees before Saleh is formally out of power.
   The newspaper cited a U.S. embassy spokeswoman as saying Washington is
   continuing attempts to push its onetime ally out of power.
   Joyful celebrations broke out in Yemen Sunday, after word spread that
   the embattled Saleh had left the country. But expressions of concern
   also emerged about whether Saleh's 33 years in power have really come
   to an end.
   Nearly 400 people have been killed since the popular uprising against
   Saleh began in January.

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

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