Yemenis mass against President Saleh in flashpoint city


SANAA: Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis swarmed the flashpoint city of Taez on Wednesday in a fresh call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign, as world anger mounted over a bloody crackdown on protests.”Leave Ali, leave” and “The people want to overthrow the regime,” the protesters chanted after converging on Al-Huriya (Liberty) Square, where regime opponents have been holding a sit-in since February.The protesters erected more tents in the square, blocking the city’s main road after more than 20 demonstrators were gunned down in clashes across the Arabian Peninsula country this week.Wednesday’s rally came a day after police shot dead one protester and wounded 30 during a demonstration in Taez, about 200 kilometres south of the capital, witnesses said.Following the latest bloodshed, …

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