Yemeni Opposition Wants President Saleh to Step Down Immediately

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Yemen’s opposition called for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down immediately, backing away from a Gulf agreement on a 30-day transitional period.

“The accord as it stands is no longer acceptable to us unless it provides for his immediate departure,” Mohammed al-Mutawakkil, a member of the opposition Joint Meeting Parties’ higher council, said in a telephone interview in the capital Sana’a.