Yemen’s Saleh Seeks Vote as Violence Grows; Fighting in Libya

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh today called for parliamentary and presidential elections once an agreement with the opposition over a Gulf Cooperation Council plan was brokered by his vice president.

“We have talked repeatedly about the peaceful transfer of power through the ballot boxes,” the president said in a televised address on the eve of Yemen’s Revolution Day. “We repeat today that we are committed to the Gulf initiative and to implementing it as it is signed by the vice president.”