Monday, February 21, 2011

Unrest In Yemen -- News Updates February 21, 2011



Yemen's President Rejects Demands To Step Down -- Washington Post

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected demands to resign immediately on Monday, declaring that protesters clamoring for an end to his rule must do so through elections rather than through violence and chaos.

But at the same time, he repeated his offer to hold a dialogue over power-sharing with Yemen's main opposition parties. The parties have rejected his proposal, saying they can't negotiate with a government whose loyalists and security forces have attacked pro-reform protesters with "bullets and sticks and thuggery."

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More News On the Unrest In Yemen

Yemen's Saleh says won't be forced out by "anarchy" -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Yemen president rejects demands he step down now -- Yahoo News/AP
Yemen president vows not to quit amid protests -- Yahoo News/AFP
Yemen president rejects calls to quit -- Financial Times
Demonstrations ‘like a flu,’ Yemeni president says -- Toronto Star
Yemen's President Offers Reforms in Bid to Calm Growing Turmoil -- Voice of America
Yemeni clerics urge restraint -- UPI

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