Opposition to the Yemen: violence can derail deal - Aljazeera.net

The opposition has planned a rally Friday to honour Martyrs", then a pro-Government rally is also expected (AFP)

Yemeni opposition warned the Government that could derail the violence against pro-democracy demonstrators an agreement to end the political crisis.

A block of opposition Thursday accused embattled regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the "massacre" of peaceful demonstrators in a bid to derail a transition plan led by the Gulf.

Armed plainclothes men killed 12 people and injured dozens of others in the capital of the Yemen on Wednesday, when they opened fire on a few days the Spacewalkers anti-Government before a deal mediated by Gulf put end to the crisis was due to be sealed.

"In the event of your failure to protect demonstrators, we find unable to find an agreement that the scheme aims to use to shed more blood,"a coalition of opposition."said in a statement"

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Yemen Thursday, denouncing the death.

Friday protests

During this time, rival rallies have been planned for Friday in Sana'a, the capital. The Government is considering a "constitutional legitimacy Friday", while the opposition planned a "Martyrs honoring Friday."

An agreement to end the crisis by easing Saleh within a month was to be signed in Riyadh Sunday, three months after that Yemenis took to the streets, inspired by the revolts that toppled the autocratic leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.

But on Thursday, Saleh appeared to raise a potential issue when he said the Russia Arabic TV that it objected to the presence of representatives Qatari.

"We have reservations about signing if representatives of the Qatar are present among the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Gulf," said Saleh Russia Today. "(Qatar) is involved in a conspiracy against the Yemen not only, but against all the Arab countries".

He pointed the finger on the Qatar Al Jazeera channel, which Saleh has accused in the past of provoking demonstrations.

The balance of power has tipped against Saleh, long a key Western ally against al-Qaeda, after weeks of violence, military defections and political reversals.

In an incident related Friday, the Yemeni President made Attorney of the country.

Saleh to sign the agreement

Washington and neighbours producer of oil in Saudi Arabia want the impasse resolved to prevent a descent more bloodshed in the State of the Arabian Peninsula to provide more room for a wing of al-Qaeda in Yemen-based to operate.

The agreement, negotiated by the six-Member Gulf Cooperation Council, would give Saleh and his family and his aides immunity from prosecution.

It provides for Saleh to appoint a Prime Minister of the opposition, which would then form a Government of transition before the presidential election two months after his resignation.

A significant section of demonstrators are against giving Saleh a month time to quit fearing may offer potential sabotage times.

One who leads the Yemen transitional Government will not only struggle to set aside a branch aggressive al-Qaeda, who tried to hit us and Saudi target, but also inherit from the rebellions which convent since in the North and the South of the country.

"Disturbing violence."

The Embassy of the United States in Sanaa said the upsurge in violence on the eve of a transfer of power agreement was "particularly disturbing" and invites urges all parties to show restraint.

At the same time, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said he was concerned by deadly violence, reiterating an appeal to the authorities to protect civilians and welcoming efforts for a peaceful transition, its spokesman.

Ban appealed "to all concerned to the Yemen to exercise the utmost restraint and to refrain from provocative acts."

Amnesty International has called an urgent and independent investigation into the killings on Wednesday demonstrators marched past a stage of the human rights group.

"Men who are supposed to have been members of the security forces or of the militant Government supporters reportedly fired from rooftops and inside the stadium,"he said."".

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Saleh of Yemen may close in exchange for immunity, official says - BusinessWeek

April 24, 2011, 4: 41 am EDT by Mohammed Hatem and Glen Carey

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April 24 (Bloomberg) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accepted a plan negotiated in the Council of the Gulf Cooperation that allows it to relinquish power in exchange for immunity, a government official said.Saleh would transfer power to a Deputy Minister within 30 days and hold elections 60 days after that this, Tarik al-Shami, spokesman general decision of the Congress of the people, said in a telephone interview yesterday. The opposition must put an end to demonstrations and accept immunity for Saleh and his assistants and all of the terms of the GCC plan, said al - Shami .the GCC officials seek to avoid an escalation of violence in the country, or a military fatal gap like in Libya. Growing social unrest also threatens to strengthen al-Qaeda seeks to use the Yemen, the poor Arab nation, as a base to destabilize the neighbor Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of crude oil.Saleh would be the third leader forced from Office since popular unrest spreading across the Middle East, this led to the overthrow Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia.Police and snipers killed 46 demonstrators in Sanaa, the capital, last month, which prompted several military and Government officials to abandon the system of Saleh. A total of 109 demonstrators have been killed since February 11, according to Majed al-Madhaji, Arab sisters Forum spokesperson for the human rights of the Sana ' A.Longtemps "it is possible that Saleh is manoeuvring," Theodore KarasikDirector of research at the Institute based in Dubai for the Middle East and the military analysis of the Gulf, said today in a telephone interview. "The more time that it gets the better it is for himself and his followers.". Thirty days is long in Yemeni politics and it is likely to be more disputes. "The United Arab Emirates United, Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan urged all parties to the Yemen to accept the plan of the CCG at a meeting yesterday with his Yemeni counterpart, Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi, said Emirates News Agency. The GCC "keeps on stability and unity of the Yemen," Sheikh Abdullah was quoted as saying by the press service.The plan of the Yemen Council could "solve the political crisis in a peaceful and orderly manner," the Obama administration yesterday said in a statement by the White House email. "We encourage all parties to act quickly to implement the terms of the agreement", said the statement.Protest against RightsA weak central Government in the risk Yemen also mirroring the situation in Somalia, across the Gulf of Aden, there where it has not been an administration works since 1991. Somalia became a breeding ground for pirates who attack shipping lanes.The Parties of the joint meeting, a coalition of six opposition groups, also accepted the plan of the CCG. They would not participate in a Government of national unity Saleh during the 30 days it will remain in power, said Mohammed al-Sabri, a leader in the opposition. They also support the right to protest. "When they said that the ruling party has accepted the plan, it was clear that he has accepted as Saleh is the President of the party,"said ruling party al-Shami. The party him Secretary General Abdel Latif al-Zayyani that he has approved the plan, said.Civil war RiskSaleh meeting with al-Zayyani April 21 to resolve the crisis. The Council, which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates United, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait, held separate meetings this month with representatives of the General Congress of the people and the opposition.Saleh said yesterday that the opposition was pushing the country of the Arabian Peninsula toward civil war. "They want to drag the area of civil war and we refuse to be moved to the civil war, Saleh said in a speech to the military and students, the official Saba press service. He said power should change "at the ballot box and not by a coup," and those who want power "should be brave and to call for early elections if presidential or parliamentary elections," according to Saba.Protests continued yesterday in the city of Taizwhere the crowds demanded the end of the rule of the Saleh, Rashad Mohammed, an eyewitness, said by telephone. The majority of the stores of the city was closed for a general strike, he said. In Aden, more than 90 percent of shops, schools and businesses were closed on Saturday, said Marwan al-Yafee, an eyewitness.

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Saleh of Yemen may close in exchange for immunity, says official

April 24, 2011, 4: 41 am EDT by Mohammed Hatem and Glen Carey

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April 24 (Bloomberg) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accepted a plan negotiated in the Council of the Gulf Cooperation that allows it to relinquish power in exchange for immunity, a government official said.Saleh would transfer power to a Deputy Minister within 30 days and hold elections 60 days after that this, Tarik al-Shami, spokesman general decision of the Congress of the people, said in a telephone interview yesterday. The opposition must put an end to demonstrations and accept immunity for Saleh and his assistants and all of the terms of the GCC plan, said al - Shami .the GCC officials seek to avoid an escalation of violence in the country, or a military fatal gap like in Libya. Growing social unrest also threatens to strengthen al-Qaeda seeks to use the Yemen, the poor Arab nation, as a base to destabilize the neighbor Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of crude oil.Saleh would be the third leader forced from Office since popular unrest spreading across the Middle East, this led to the overthrow Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia.Police and snipers killed 46 demonstrators in Sanaa, the capital, last month, which prompted several military and Government officials to abandon the system of Saleh. A total of 109 demonstrators have been killed since February 11, according to Majed al-Madhaji, Arab sisters Forum spokesperson for the human rights of the Sana ' A.Longtemps "it is possible that Saleh is manoeuvring," Theodore KarasikDirector of research at the Institute based in Dubai for the Middle East and the military analysis of the Gulf, said today in a telephone interview. "The more time that it gets the better it is for himself and his followers.". Thirty days is long in Yemeni politics and it is likely to be more disputes. "The United Arab Emirates United, Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan urged all parties to the Yemen to accept the plan of the CCG at a meeting yesterday with his Yemeni counterpart, Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi, said Emirates News Agency. The GCC "keeps on stability and unity of the Yemen," Sheikh Abdullah was quoted as saying by the press service.The plan of the Yemen Council could "solve the political crisis in a peaceful and orderly manner," the Obama administration yesterday said in a statement by the White House email. "We encourage all parties to act quickly to implement the terms of the agreement", said the statement.Protest against RightsA weak central Government in the risk Yemen also mirroring the situation in Somalia, across the Gulf of Aden, there where it has not been an administration works since 1991. Somalia became a breeding ground for pirates who attack shipping lanes.The Parties of the joint meeting, a coalition of six opposition groups, also accepted the plan of the CCG. They would not participate in a Government of national unity Saleh during the 30 days it will remain in power, said Mohammed al-Sabri, a leader in the opposition. They also support the right to protest. "When they said that the ruling party has accepted the plan, it was clear that he has accepted as Saleh is the President of the party,"said ruling party al-Shami. The party him Secretary General Abdel Latif al-Zayyani that he has approved the plan, said.Civil war RiskSaleh meeting with al-Zayyani April 21 to resolve the crisis. The Council, which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates United, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait, held separate meetings this month with representatives of the General Congress of the people and the opposition.Saleh said yesterday that the opposition was pushing the country of the Arabian Peninsula toward civil war. "They want to drag the area of civil war and we refuse to be moved to the civil war, Saleh said in a speech to the military and students, the official Saba press service. He said power should change "at the ballot box and not by a coup," and those who want power "should be brave and to call for early elections if presidential or parliamentary elections," according to Saba.Protests continued yesterday in the city of Taizwhere the crowds demanded the end of the rule of the Saleh, Rashad Mohammed, an eyewitness, said by telephone. The majority of the stores of the city was closed for a general strike, he said. In Aden, more than 90 percent of shops, schools and businesses were closed on Saturday, said Marwan al-Yafee, an eyewitness.

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Violence spreads to the Yemen as foreign diplomats strive to put an end to the crisis - Los Angeles Times

Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)Reports of Manama, Bahrain - shooting and funerals were spread across the Yemen as the international negotiators have yet to come up with a plan on Board President Ali Abdullah Saleh of power and prevent protests generalized to switch the impoverished nation into a civil war that could stimulate unrest in all the region.

Main cities of the country explosion almost daily violence as security officials and the thugs loyal to the Government attacked demonstrators anti-Saleh with tear gas and live ammunition. On Wednesday, a man armed motorcycle fired on a crowd in the city of port of Hudaydah West, killing a demonstrator.

As the protest movement approaches its third month, the international community, including the United States and Arab States, forced not Saleh to resign from his reign of 32 years, while the tribes and the Government representatives have abandoned him. Volatile leader, whose popularity has fallen in the midst of corruption and has no economic policy, has for weeks as contradicting the signals which have exasperated his allies and a growing list of enemies.

Saleh was quoted by the news agency saying that he would not be overthrown by "conspiracies or blows...." Those who want power or to gain the seat of power should be towards the ballot box. ?

A day after that of the United Nations Security Council could not agree on a statement on the Yemen, tens of thousands of anti-government protesters Wednesday sweeping the old streets of the capital, Sana'a. The demonstrators have is emboldened in recent days, pushing close to the heavily protected government offices.

The cooperation Council of the Gulf, which is composed of Saudi Arabia and five other Persian Gulf States, is concerned by the prospect of economic chaos and civil war from a Yemen already with a divided army, a secessionist movement, and a growing threat of Al Qaeda. As leader Libyan Muammar al-Gaddafi and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Saleh is in relying on the brutality and veiled hints of compromise to silence dissent.

"We are close to a consensus of the GCC on the significance of departure of this regime," said Sultan Atawani, leader of the opposition of the nasserite Unionist Party, who met this week with senior diplomats from the United Arab Emirates United and other neighbouring countries.

The difficulty centred on the research of a mixture of solicitations will persuade Saleh to resign. One of the elements under discussion proposes the President and his family, including his son and parents who control the military and intelligence units, the immunity from prosecution in the deaths of more than 100 demonstrators. Western countries are calling on Saleh to hand power to his Vice President and for the elections to be held within 60 days after his departure.

"The issue of such guarantees may be used by the President to gain more time and commit new crimes," said Atawani. "We say to our brothers in the Gulf that such an approach can be made to the table of negotiations, but only by a new Government when it comes".

Officials insist on the fact that a post-Saleh scenario emerges. Under proposals supported by the countries of the Gulf, of Yemen, an incongruous collection of Socialist, Islamic and other opposition, would take the Presidency in a transitional Government. Representatives of the Party of the President Tuesday officials GCC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in what appeared to foreshadow the eventual exit of Saleh met separately.

"The President has to negotiate to ensure a transfer of power now, or he will never have the chance," said Murad Azzani, policy analyst at the University of Sana'a. "What he wants to do now is to avoid the Egyptian scenario the President under arrest and his party dissolved." Saleh wants his party to survive and to exercise power through it. ?

But the General Congress of the people of the Saleh is in danger. Prominent members broke away to form the Justice and development. This political insurgency challenges directly control of near-monopoly of the ruling party of the Government to reach out to hundreds of thousands of young demonstrators angry with poverty and high unemployment.

"Above all, solidarity with the popular claims we represent and see that the Yemeni common interest lies with the immediate resignation of the President," said Abdul Aziz Jabbari, a former member of Parliament and founding member of the new party.

However, many young demonstrators, Don't feel represented by any political group. Slogans of "Not to the parties" and no impartiality glued to the tents of the demonstrators in Sana'a indicate that a new Government will have to deal with a powerful voice, deprived of their rights. It was the demonstrators, opposition groups or other parties, which forced the international community to intervene and put Saleh on the edge.

"Future leaders will have to have some resonance with the people," said Azzani. "These parties go anywhere if they are not anchored in the culture of the movement to the Yemen has been the witness".

Jeffrey.Fleishman@LAtimes.com

A special correspondent of Sana contributed to this report.

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Yemen officials consider "30 + 60" Plan to end political crisis - BusinessWeek

April 20, 2011, 9: 19 am EDT by Donna Abu-Nasr

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April 20 (Bloomberg)--talks to end a political crisis in the Yemen are centered around a plan which would have the President Ali Abdullah Saleh not back within 30 days of it being announced and guarantee immunity for himhis family and long time collaborators, a Yemeni official said.Pursuant to the plan 30 + 60 supposedly Saleh transfer his powers to a Deputy Minister and elections be held 60 days after that, according to Ahmed al-Sufi, Secretary General of the Yemeni Institute for the development of democracy and an advisor for business media in the Presidential Palace.The threat is that more violence in the country, or a military fatal gap like in Libya can lead to an escalation of the impasse. At the same time, rising social unrest can strengthen al-Qaeda seeks to use the Yemen, the poor Arab nation, as a base to destabilize the neighbor Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of crude oil.A weak central Government risk Yemen mirroring the situation in Somalia, across the Gulf of Aden, there where it has not been an administration works since 1991. Somalia became a breeding ground for pirates who attack shipping lanes.No there was no public comment on the plan leaders Saleh or opposition. Al-Sufi said officials of the Council of the Gulf Cooperation, which includes the United Arab Emirates United, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, will travel to the Yemen the week next to facilitate the negotiations.FatherAl-Sufi democratic said a partisan option of the President have put forward is for Saleh to oversee the process of holding elections. "It would be the father of this democratic process", he said in a telephone interview in Sana'a, the capital.Protests to the Yemen call for an end to the rule of the Saleh are in their third month.The State of emergency Yemen, the first since a civil war of 1994, between the North and the South, public gatherings are banned, the media are subject to restrictions and the constitution suspended.The United States claimed Saleh, an ally key in the fight against al-Qaida, with $ 300 million per year in economic and military aid.A total of 109 demonstrators have been killed since February 11, according to Majed al-Madhaji, Arab sisters Forum spokesperson for the human rights of the Sana ' A.Des dozens of legislators abandoned Saleh general decision of the Congress of the people to protest against violencejoin a list of defectors, which includes Cabinet Ministers, diplomats, tribal leaders and senior officers as Ali Muhsin al - Ahmar, Commander of the Muslim conflict in the armoured-first Division.Yemen with Houthis Shia in the North of the nation has attracted in the past in Saudi Arabiaa monarchy led by Sunni Muslims that last month sent troops to help quell an uprising led by Shia in another neighbour, Bahrain.

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Yemen officials consider "30 + 60" Plan to end the political crisis

April 20, 2011, 9: 19 am EDT by Donna Abu-Nasr

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April 20 (Bloomberg)--talks to end a political crisis in the Yemen are centered around a plan which would have the President Ali Abdullah Saleh not back within 30 days of it being announced and guarantee immunity for himhis family and long time collaborators, a Yemeni official said.Pursuant to the plan 30 + 60 supposedly Saleh transfer his powers to a Deputy Minister and elections be held 60 days after that, according to Ahmed al-Sufi, Secretary General of the Yemeni Institute for the development of democracy and an advisor for business media in the Presidential Palace.The threat is that more violence in the country, or a military fatal gap like in Libya can lead to an escalation of the impasse. At the same time, rising social unrest can strengthen al-Qaeda seeks to use the Yemen, the poor Arab nation, as a base to destabilize the neighbor Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of crude oil.A weak central Government risk Yemen mirroring the situation in Somalia, across the Gulf of Aden, there where it has not been an administration works since 1991. Somalia became a breeding ground for pirates who attack shipping lanes.No there was no public comment on the plan leaders Saleh or opposition. Al-Sufi said officials of the Council of the Gulf Cooperation, which includes the United Arab Emirates United, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, will travel to the Yemen the week next to facilitate the negotiations.FatherAl-Sufi democratic said a partisan option of the President have put forward is for Saleh to oversee the process of holding elections. "It would be the father of this democratic process", he said in a telephone interview in Sana'a, the capital.Protests to the Yemen call for an end to the rule of the Saleh are in their third month.The State of emergency Yemen, the first since a civil war of 1994, between the North and the South, public gatherings are banned, the media are subject to restrictions and the constitution suspended.The United States claimed Saleh, an ally key in the fight against al-Qaida, with $ 300 million per year in economic and military aid.A total of 109 demonstrators have been killed since February 11, according to Majed al-Madhaji, Arab sisters Forum spokesperson for the human rights of the Sana ' A.Des dozens of legislators abandoned Saleh general decision of the Congress of the people to protest against violencejoin a list of defectors, which includes Cabinet Ministers, diplomats, tribal leaders and senior officers as Ali Muhsin al - Ahmar, Commander of the Muslim conflict in the armoured-first Division.Yemen with Houthis Shia in the North of the nation has attracted in the past in Saudi Arabiaa monarchy led by Sunni Muslims that last month sent troops to help quell an uprising led by Shia in another neighbour, Bahrain.

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Releases of opposition Yemen mediated talks - Xinhua

(BEIJING, April 15 Xinhuanet.com) - the opposition of the Yemen rejected an offer to join mediated by Gulf talks on a transfer of power in the country. Thursday comment has also set a deadline of two weeks for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign.

Protest leaders say that the offer of mediation is not clear, how fast would take a transition to place. Saleh agreed to the framework of the Gulf for talks, but the opposition continues to swing. Protest leaders first rejected the proposal outright, citing the lack of a transitional period, and seems to complain plan to protect the President from prosecution.

Saleh, who has already lost control of several provinces, a warning of civil war and split national if he is forced to resign before organize parliamentary and presidential polls in the coming year.

More than 116 demonstrators were killed in clashes with security since late January. There are also fears that the violence can escalate, as half of the 23 million people of the country own guns.

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Yemen opposition spurns talks, defines Saleh deadline - Reuters

Demonstrators carrying posters of revolutionary leader Che Guevara (L) and the late President of the Northern Ibrahim al-Hamdi Yemen during a demonstration demanding the eviction of President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the Yemen in the South of Taiz city on April 13, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

SANAA. Thu April 14, 2011 6: 11 am EDT

SANAA (Reuters) - the Yemen opposition has rejected an offer Thursday to join the talks mediated by the Gulf in Saudi Arabia on a transfer of power and set a deadline of two weeks for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign.

Gulf Arab Foreign Ministers had said that they would invite Saleh, who has faced two months of demonstrations demanding his resignation and his opponents talks mediation on a transfer of power. However, the opposition a fight on the offer.

"We renewed our focus on the need to accelerate the process of quality (Saleh) down for two weeks.". "So we go to Riyadh," said Mohammed al-Mutawakkil, a prominent opposition leader.

Allies Saudi Arabia and West of the Yemen fear a deadlock in the State of the Arabian Peninsula could ignite clashes between rival military units in the capital and elsewhere and cause chaos that would benefit from a wing based at the al-Qaeda Yemen active.

Opposition of the Yemen first rejected a statement by the Council of the Gulf cooperation framework for the discussions, had been to be held in Riyadh, because it seemed to offer Saleh a waiver of prosecution in the future and has not asked for an immediate transfer.

Later, they met the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and the Kuwait, Oman Tuesday seeking clarification of the understanding of the "transfer of power," GCC that does not specify a time for Saleh to resign.

Some opposition leaders had suggested that the talks could begin as early as Saturday, before said Mutawakkil clarifications offered by the ambassadors of the Gulf had been insufficient.

"We did not find in the clarification that the ambassadors presented everything which responds to our requests for immediate removal," said Mutawakkil. "There was nothing new by the ambassadors of the Gulf Cooperation Council."

Saleh agreed to the framework of the talks, even if another player key, General Ali Mohsen, a relative of Saleh, whose units are protecting the demonstrators in Sanaa, have accepted the plan of the CCG.

Technically, a transfer of power to the Yemen could last until the next presidential election scheduled for 2013, a perspective the opposition considers unacceptable.

Saleh has offered for new parliamentary and presidential elections this year in political reforms, but said that he should stay in power to oversee the change or to submit to what he calls the "safe hands".

(Reported by Mohammed Ghobari.) Written by Cynthia Johnston. (editing by Andrew Dobbie)

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The Gulf proposal fails to alleviate the crisis of the Yemen - Xinhua

(BEIJING, April 12 Xinhuanet.com) - the two sides to the Yemen rejected an initiative of the Arab Gulf to a peaceful transition of power. President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to go at the beginning, and protesters reject any suspicion of immunity from prosecution.

Monday was another blow to efforts for a peaceful transition of power in the Yemen.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected a proposal by the Arab nations of the Gulf that he resign before the end of his term in 2013.

Clashes between demonstrators and security forces were sometimes fatal for two months of daily protests. More than 120 people were killed.

Sunday, the Gulf Cooperation Council six nations called Saleh to resign under an agreement with the protest movement.

Last week, Saleh rejected an offer of mediation by the CCG, who had invited Saleh groups and the opposition to Saudi Arabia for talks.

In its offer of Sunday the GCC does not specify a timetable for a transfer of power to the Assistant to Saleh. But it included protections for the President and his family from prosecution for crimes under his direction - another condition rejected by the opposition. The protesters demands include the see trial Saleh and members of his family.

Carefully drafted statement of rejection of Saleh commended the CCG offers, but he insisted on his remaining in service until the 2013 elections.

But his supporters and pro-government groups went further, calling the offer of the CCG "flagrant interference in the internal matters of the Yemen."

Tens of thousands of demonstrators kept the pressure. In Sanaa, the demonstrators have included a considerable number of women. There are also steps in Aden, Taiz and other major cities.

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Severe impacts weigh as disorders Yemen deepens - Xinhua

by Fouad Rajeh, Wang Qiuyun

(SANAA, April 9 Xinhua) - deepening in the Yemen disorders are imposing negative impacts on the lives of the people and hit hard areas of key economic and small business.

While the main economic sectors have been affected by the collapse of international trade and the growing fears of investors, small businesses were directly affected by Pro and anti-Government protests that intensifies it, especially the sit-in.

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators pro and anti-Government stayed in tents launched along the main shopping streets in the cities of downtown, including the capital Sana'a during more than a month, forcing some to close retail markets and others to relocate. Companies that are still open are complained a decrease in remarkable of their turnover among fears that escalating unrest would have more impact.

"Now Yemen is experiencing an acute shortage of gas and if this continues for many shops will inevitably be closed," said Abdul Karim Kasim, owner of a cafeteria in the Zubairy Street.

"The shortage is the gas prices three times higher than that before the crisis and the spectacular price increases directly affect the poorest groups", he added.

Merchant clothing Abdullah al Duba'e in the street of Jamal, said the pro-Government sit-in in Tahrir square and the anti-Government sit-in outside the University Sanaa blocked the key shopping streets and assigned the wrong company.

"As you can see, there is no people here." "We used to see this same crowded street and customers came from every hour, but now the situation has changed," said Abdullah.

And if you look, you would see some stores closed and others moved. "Unfortunately Jamal Street looked like in a ghost town, he said."

Some providers also face additional taxes imposed on them and "raw" which operate disorders.

"Further shrinking trade because of unrest, we see taxes increasing," said Wazeer al Selwi, a vendor of qat, "" in addition, the bully those who attack the anti-government demonstrators Vienna us several times a day to obtain money and we must give them that.""

Disorders have already paralyzed the financial sector to the Yemen, particularly Islamic banks, which says that all their activities have virtually ceased.

"The situation is too bad, because we do nothing today," said Tariq Hamoud, head of the section of studies Tadhamon International Islamic Bank.

"Because of the unrest here, the banks of the Yemen were considered high risk facilities by external institutions and if a bank wants to open a credit, it must pay 100 percent of insurance," said.

"Locally, people are now in favour of cash and the drawing of their money in large amounts in U.S. dollars, and this affects the operations of banks to the Yemen," he said.

When it comes to people, the impacts are mainly manifested in traffic because the tents of sit-bulbs on the main roads.

"The roads closed, sit-bulbs" force people to redirect and spend more time to reach the workplace and other destinations, said citizen Abdullah al Sawadi.

A student also complains that fares of bus and taxis increased because the pilots were forced to redirect roads.

"Now the dining room outside the University Sanaa even forced the suspension of the second half," said Asad Abdul Karim, a first year student at the school of business.

Tens of thousands of people have been taking a dining outside Sana'a University, calling for the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who rejected Friday a GCC proposal to tackle the political crisis.

The proposal requested the resignation of Saleh and the transfer of power to his Deputy in exchange for immunity and guarantees that him and his regime will not be prosecuted. It is also proposed to form a National Union Government led by the opposition and to draft a new constitution advance of the election.

"Thank you for the interest of regional and international countries to the stability of the Yemen in the current crisis, but we don't accept any offer except that clearly calling for an immediate release of President Saleh," they said in a statement.

"The problem is not with the way to transfer power." "However, it is all connection to power, which would be handed over," said Tariq al Shami, Chairman of Saba and information Director of the Congress of the General People's power party.

The Yemeni Ministry of trade and industry and the General investment authority refused to comment on the situation and strongly refuses to give specific information, including numbers or percentages on losses of the economy of the country in the escalation of disorders.

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Angry demonstrations have erupted in the southern Yemeni town of Taiz, as people rally against the killing of pro-democracy protesters there.

About 100,000 people marched in Taiz on Saturday, the Associated press reported. This follows the death of four demonstrators after security forces opened fired and shot tear gas at crowds the day before.

Demonstrators are blaming the local governor, chief of security and leader of the ruling party for the violence which left about 400 people injured in the earlier protests.

"The police are becoming?increasingly intolerant of protesters. It seems [president] Ali Abdullah Saleh is once again really trying to show his force," Al Jazeera's special correspondent in the capital Sanaa said.

The fresh?protests?come as Yemen recalled its envoy from Qatar over a dispute?on a Gulf Arab plan for Saleh to step down.

Saba, the official Yemeni news agency,?said?the ambassador?was recalled for consultation on the recent statement made by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem about the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC)?offer of mediation between Saleh and the opposition.

The GCC proposed that Saleh hand over power to his deputy in return for immunity from prosecution for him and his family.

Saleh rejected the?offer in a speech before tens of thousands of cheering supporters in the capital Sanaa on Friday.

Rallying cry

More than two dozen Yemenis were wounded by gunfire during Friday's opposition protests in Taiz [Reuters]

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators also gathered in Sanaa and across Yemen on Friday to call for Saleh's immediate ouster.

The death?of the demonstrators in Taiz?caused a rallying cry across the country, and saw protests continue for a second straight day.

In Taiz, activist Ghazi al-Samei said protesters were in the yard in front of the governor's office and had been there since Friday. The demonstrators, joined by several members of parliament, are demanding the governor's removal and trial.

Abdel-Malek al-Youssefi, another activist, said tanks were at the city's outskirts to prevent people from other towns taking part in the rally and that many supporters of the ruling Congress Party changed their allegiances and joined the ranks of the opposition, the AP said.

Saturday also saw?thousands of anti-government protesters take to the strests of other major cities, including?Sanaa, Aden, Ibb, al-Hudaydah and Hadramawt, in support of the Taiz protesters.

"It has just been absolute chaos in the last few few hours here in the capital," said Al Jazeera's correspondent in Sanaa.

"There were hundreds of people who had left [Change] Square, pro-democracy protesters who were just marching in the street ... More people getting very angry. they are seeing what is happening in Taiz and in other cities as people go out on the streets and demonstrate and really step up the street protests. They are watching that and they are copying that, and they are trying to make their voices heard in the capital too."

Protesters have been calling since January for the departure of Saleh, who has been in power since 1978.

Calls for departure

Saleh initially accepted an offer by Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states trying to broker an end to bloody protests and hold talks with the opposition.

But he later rejected the plan for his exit in a speech broadcast on state television on Friday.

"We were born free, and we have free will, and they have to respect our wishes. We reject any coup against democracy, the constitution and our freedom," he told supporters in Sanaa on Friday.

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Saleh said: "Our power comes from the power of our great people, not from Qatar, not from anyone else. This is blatant interference in Yemeni affairs."

Our?correspondent in Sanaa said: "Saleh addressed his supporters to make a total rejection of the offer put forward by the Gulf Co-operation Council.

"He singled out Qatar and Al Jazeera and said, 'We don't have to follow their agenda'."

Al Jazeera's correspondent was stopped and searched near the ongoing protests in the capital on Saturday. She was briefly detained for ten minutes, and then allowed to leave.

"Lots of men holding guns and lots of other people just wearing civilian clothes came towards me," she said of the incident.

"They took my phone, they started shouting saying that?I was a spy, and that i was filming ... the soldiers told me that?I was not allow to film. They took things off me, they searched me, they held the gun to my stomach. It was a very threatening environment."

More than 120 people have been killed since Yemen's protests calling for an end to Saleh's rule began on February 11, inspired by popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

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