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/20111124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111123/capt.55cee454ce0340449ee98b78c45d0db5-55cee454ce0340449ee98b78c45d0db5-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=1Drh.u0coTYfg4SxvsSOLQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Abdullah, left, is greeted by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh after Saleh signed an agreement to step down Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo / Saudi Press Agency, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yemen's autocratic leader agreed Wednesday to step down after months of demonstrations against his 33-year rule, pleasing the U.S. and its Gulf allies who feared that collapsing security in the impoverished nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to step up operations.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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