Saleh Fails to Sign Power Transfer, Warns of Yemeni Civil War
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Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh declined to sign an accord yesterday requiring him to give up power within 30 days, the third time Gulf-led transition efforts have failed to ease unrest in the country.
In a sign of the deep divisions that threaten to split the Arab world’s poorest nation, Yemenis marked the 21st anniversary of the country’s unification yesterday with rallies for and against the president.