Yemen clashes raise tensions, threaten presidential election
China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-21 08:12
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Members of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit take their positions during a training exercise near the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday. Security and army forces are on alert in Aden to secure election centers as the country gears up for the presidential elections in which Vice-President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi will be the sole candidate as part of a deal to ease President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office and pull the country back from the brink of civil war. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters |
ADEN, Yemen - Security forces and armed southern separatists clashed on Monday in Yemen's port city of Aden, witnesses said, as rising tensions in the country's south threatened to disrupt Tuesday's presidential vote.
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