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Reality bites as Yemen begins life after Saleh

SANAA - Yemen began a new era without Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday after an uncontested election that gave his deputy a mandate to launch reforms in a country facing an economy in meltdown, a tenacious al Qaeda wing and rebellions in the north and south.

Violence as Yemen elects candidate to replace toppled leader

SANAA/ADEN - Separatist violence in the south loomed over a presidential election in Yemen that had just a single candidate, but Washington praised the vote ending three decades of rule by its ally Ali Abdullah Saleh. | Video

World, 21 Feb 2012

Saleh's deputy takes power in Yemen vote as sole candidate

SANAA/ADEN - A general took power in Yemen Tuesday as the sole candidate in a presidential election after a year-long uprising that ousted long-serving ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh but left the poor Arab country still teetering on the brink of chaos. | Video

World, United Nations 21 Feb 2012

Violence hits Yemen on eve of presidential vote

ADEN/SANAA - An explosion tore through a polling station and gunfire nearby killed a soldier in Yemen on Monday, the eve of a presidential vote to replace Ali Abdullah Saleh after a year of mass protests and spreading anarchy. | Video

World, United Nations, 20 Feb 2012

Yemen's Hadi emerges from shadows to lead divided country

DUBAI/SANAA - Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is being thrust into the spotlight as Yemen's next president, yet little is known about a man who has languished in the shadow of the Arabian Peninsula's iron ruler of the past 30 years.

World, 20 Feb 2012

Yemen's Saleh faces music after 33 years in power

SANAA - Ali Abdullah Saleh, who once compared his 33-year rule of Yemen to "dancing on the heads of snakes," formally steps down this week after Yemenis anoint a new president in an election many hope will give Yemen a chance for democracy.

Aerospace & Defense, 20 Feb 2012

Factbox: Key political risks to watch in Yemen

DUBAI - Political unrest and economic deterioration continued to plague Yemen ahead of the February 21 presidential election many hoped would give Yemen a chance to bring about reforms that could help the country recover from a year of protests.

United Nations, 20 Feb 2012

Yemen army split casts shadow over elections

SANAA - As Yemenis prepare to vote in a poll many hope will give them a new start, a rift in the armed forces between outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh's relatives and a defected army general threatens to spoil political transition and tip Yemen into war.

United Nations, 20 Feb 2012

Blast rocks Yemeni polling station ahead of vote

ADEN - An explosion tore through a polling station in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Monday, followed by gunfire that killed one soldier, a day before a presidential vote to replace Ali Abudllah Saleh. | Video

World, United Nations 20 Feb 2012

U.S. sees signs of Iran activity in Yemen

* U.S. ambassador says Iran helping Shi'ite militants and others

20 Feb 2012

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