Saleh Addresses Yemenis on TV, Says Nothing About Quitting
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, recovering in a Saudi hospital after an attack on his compound last month, called on the opposition to sit down for talks while offering no hint he’ll meet their demands for his resignation.
“Yemen’s people are defiant and will remain defiant against all challenges that threaten its stability and security, freedom and democracy,” Saleh said in a videotaped address from the military hospital in Riyadh where he was admitted June 4, a day after what Yemeni officials called an assassination attempt. His face was scorched and right arm bandaged in the video aired late yesterday by state television.