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| Yemen's Parliament Approves New Cabinet |
| 2014-12-19 |
| [Ynet] Yemen's parliament has approved a new government with a comfortable majority following months of violence. The 301-seat chamber's vote on Thursday came two days after loyalists of ousted president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... derailed a vote of confidence during a raucous session. The legislature did not release a breakdown of the vote, but more than 200 politicians were present and the vote by show of hands suggested a large majority approved the 36-member government. Yemen has been gripped by a power struggle between President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and Iranian catspaws, known as Houthis, who seized control of the capital Sanaa in September and are allied with Saleh loyalists. The Houthis had pressed Hadi to form a new government that would give them more say in the country's political affairs. |
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