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Arabia
Saleh loses control of five provinces
2011-05-30
[Iran Press TV] As revolutionaries take over most of the provinces in Yemen, government forces have killed at least three demonstrators in the southern city of Taizz.

Some 3,000 people gathered outside a cop shoppe in Taizz, located 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital Sana'a, on Sunday to demand the release of a protester jugged by the police, AFP reported.

Security forces first had gun sex in a bid to disperse the protesting crowd, but then fired into them when the demonstrators refused to leave.

"Three demonstrators were killed by police gunfire and dozens more were maimed, some seriously," a hospital official said on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Tex and his new-found Indian friend were preparing a little surprise for the bandidos...

Yemen's revolutionaries say forces loyal to embattled President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower...
have lost control of five provinces, including Mareb and Saa'da.

This comes as a truce between Yemeni forces loyal to 65-year-old President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition rustics came into effect on Sunday.

Tribal mediators said on Saturday that the supporters of Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar, the leader of the powerful Hashid tribal federation, has agreed to leave public buildings in the capital's al-Hasaba neighborhood.

The agreement also calls for an end to all forms of armed presence in the district, and requires Saleh loyalists not to attack Ahmar's residence again.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase...
Ahmar -- a former supporter of Saleh -- has accused the embattled president of trying to spark a "civil war" in an attempt to remain in power.

The Yemeni president has repeatedly refused to sign a power transition deal that would see him resign in return for immunity from prosecution.

According to local reports, hundreds of anti-government protesters have been killed and many others injured during festivities with riot police and armed forces loyal to the Yemeni president since the anti-regime demonstrations began in late January.
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