Yemen’s Saleh Wins Emergency Rule Vote, Agrees to Exit Proposal

Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh won backing to enforce emergency rule from loyalists in parliament, while agreeing to an opposition proposal to hand over power by the end of the year.

The president accepted the plan drafted by a coalition of six opposition parties, which asked him to set out a timeframe for the handover of power, the state-run Saba news agency said. It also asked him prosecute those responsible for the deaths and injuries of dozens of protesters by pro-regime gunmen in the capital, Sana’a.