Saturday, March 5, 2011

Yemen's president refused to resign early

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said again that he would remain in power until the end of their term of office, ie until 2013. Thus, he rejected opposition calls another to resign, according to Reuters. "A peaceful and smooth transition of power is not carried out under conditions of chaos, but only after the election, which is determined by the will of the people, " - the agency quoted a statement of the president. Saturday in Yemen held mass protests. The opposition claims that people are tired of corruption and unemployment and that 40% of the population lives on $ 2 a day and one in three is undernourished. British Foreign Office has warned citizens about the danger of traveling to Yemen, reported the BBC.

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