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22 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

Analysis: Yemen protests threaten Saleh’s grip on power
Reuters
By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is resisting popular demands for him to step down now, but will have to make good on promised reforms if he is to stem a nationwide tide of protests in which …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-yemen-analysis-idUSTRE71L1W220110222

YEMEN: Democracy Is Not Enough
Strategy Page
Yemen has long been run by a tribal coalition. There’s not much oil wealth, so the leader holds power by sharing and consulting with key tribal leaders. There is still plenty of unrest, as the tribal leaders have been corrupt, and not done much to cope …
www.strategypage.com/qnd/yemen/articles/20110222.aspx

Yemen navy seizes Iranian-flagged ship: ministry
Xinhua
21 (Xinhua) — Yemen’s navy on Monday seized an Iranian-flagged ship with 13 Iranian crews after it illegally entered into the Yemeni territorial waters in the Gulf of Aden, the country’s Defense Ministry announced. In a statement posted on its website …
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/22/c_13742582.htm

CNN’s coverage of unrest in Middle East and North Africa
CNN (blog)
Over the last several weeks, unrest has spread across countries in the Middle East and North Africa including Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain. CNN staff are newsgathering and reporting for all of CNN Worldwide’s platforms in these regions, …
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/21/cnns-coverage-of-unrest-in-middle-east-and-north-africa/

Yemen police arrests four anti-gov’t protesters amid spreading protests
Xinhua
21 (Xinhua) — The Yemeni security forces arrested four anti-government protesters and prevented others from staging a peaceful rally in Yemen’s southeast province of Shabwa on Monday, a local official told Xinhua. Saleh al-Kudaim, Ahmed Faraj, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/21/c_13742544.htm

Raising stakes in Bahrain, Yemen
TODAYonline
MANAMA – Plans by an exiled Shia leader to return home raised the stakes in a power struggle in Sunni-ruled Bahrain, while Yemen’s embattled leader rejected demonstrator’s demands that he step down as widespread unrest continued to grip the Middle East …
www.todayonline.com/World/EDC110222-0000180/Raising-stakes-in-Bahrain,-Yemen

Yemen’s president wants to talk
Minneapolis Star Tribune
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, looking shaken at a news conference on Monday, said he would not give in to the demands of protesters who have sought his ouster during 10 days of sustained demonstrations. “Why do they want to return to chaos? …
www.startribune.com/world/116630718.html

Yemen | Protests | Students
By Tom Finn
Protests continue in Yemen as students conduct protests, sit-in at Sanaa University. 12 have been killed in 10 days of protests in Yemen.
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/yemen/110221/yemen-students-protests

Yemen: Walking the Walk, One More Protester Dies (Videos) · Global …
By John Liebhardt
A teenager was shot and killed in Aden, Yemen on Monday, February 21 as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in four separate cities on the 11th day of protests calling for the end of the three-decade reign of President Ali …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/02/22/yemen-walking-the-walk-one-more-protester-dies/

An Arab Spring?: Developments in Egypt, Yemen, Morocco, Bahrain …
By Past Member
While protests—an ‘Arab spring,’ as the BBC recently suggested—spread throughout Libya and amid reports that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is on his way to Venezuela, demonstrations were held or are planned in other countries throughout …
www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/developments-in-egypt-yemen-morocco-bahrain/

Yemen’s president rejects demands to step down – Washington Post …
By Top Stories – Google News
SANAA, YEMEN – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected on Monday demands to resign immediately, declaring that protesters seeking an end to his rule must do so through elections rather than through violence and chaos. …
www.jkwebco.com/wjkmag/2011/02/yemens-president-rejects-demands-to-step-down-washington-post/

Yemen’s President Offers Reforms in Bid to Calm Growing Turmoil
Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh is vowing to undertake political and constitutional reforms, in a bid to calm protests that have been shaking the country for more than ten days. As protesters call for his resignation…
www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2011/02/mil-110221-voa04.htm

Yemen security forces kill protester – World news – Mideast/N …
Yemeni riot police in the capital shot dead an anti-government protester and injured five others on Saturday when they opened fire on thousands marching in …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41677398/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/