Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Unrest In Yemen -- News Updates September 21, 2011



Truce Slows Fighting In Yemen’s Capital -- New York Times

SANA, Yemen — A cease-fire announced by the government late Tuesday appeared to have dampened fighting here in the capital on Wednesday, but explosions and gunfire could still be heard, and a doctor reported that five more antigovernment protesters had been killed.

The truce was called between government forces and troops commanded by a general who defected months ago to protect the demonstrators against a government crackdown. The protesters have been staging a sit-in in the city for months to try to oust the country’s longtime autocratic ruler, but the fighting that erupted Sunday was the most violent period of the revolt.

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More News on The Unrest In Yemen

Snipers, shelling in Yemen break uneasy truce -- Reuters
Yemeni truce breached by shelling, 16 dead -- Houston Chronicle/AP
Deadly Yemen clashes as protester funerals held -- CNN
Fresh fighting, more deaths in Yemen as truce collapses -- Dawn/AFP
Yemen's fragile ceasefire breaks as protesters mourn their dead -- The Guardian
Yemen unrest: Clashes erupt in Sanaa despite truce -- BBC
New Yemen Clashes Renew Civil-War Fears -- Wall Street Journal
Q&A: Yemen crisis -- BBC
In bid to revive protests, Yemenis rush to martyrdom -- Erika Solomon, Reuters
Blood of the Yemeni revolution -- Hakim Almasmari, CNN
Explaining the silence on Yemen -- Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera

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