Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111123/capt.acaa81b55d12466b84a8361381a108b6-acaa81b55d12466b84a8361381a108b6-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=fFUgNLkXANzXaiW9Lb2fgQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh, left, pose during a group picture with Arab and African leaders during the second Afro-Arab summit in Sirte, Libya. Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president. Saleh was shown on Arabic satellite television stations Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011signing a proposal by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to end his country's 9-month old uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down after a fierce uprising to oust him from 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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