Sunday, March 20, 2011

Unrest In Yemen -- News Updates March 20, 2010



Yemen President Fires Cabinet -- Al Jazeera

State media says embattled leader sacks his cabinet after weeks of pro-democracy protests demanding his resignation.

Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh has fired the cabinet, according to a statement from his office.

Sunday's announcement comes after a month-long popular uprising calling for political reform and Saleh's resignation.

The president has asked the cabinet to be a caretaker government until he forms a new one.

Several ministers have resigned from the government after security forces killed at least 52 protesters on Friday. Abdullah Alsaidi, Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations, has also quit in protest over the violence.

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More News On The Unrest In Yemen

Yemen president fires entire cabinet as protests escalate -- The Guardian
Yemeni President Fires Cabinet as Protests Escalate -- Voice of America
Yemen’s President Said to Have Fired Cabinet -- New York Times
Yemen president fires government, state media says -- Reuters
Yemeni president fires government -- BBC
Yemen's besieged ruler fires Cabinet -- UPI
Yemeni president dismisses government - agency -- RIA Novosti
Cabinet fired after two Yemeni officials resign over deadly protests -- CNN
Senior Yemeni officials resign after 52 demonstrators killed -- The Telegraph
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh's own tribe demands he step down -- New York Daily News
Yemeni president's tribe demands he step down -- MSNBC/AP
Yemen: Huge turnout for protesters' funerals -- BBC

My Comment
: Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh's days are numbered .... even he must know that now.

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