Yemeni president signs off

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Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and BEN HUBBARD | AP – 21 mins ago

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Yemen’s authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.

Saleh is the fourth Arab leader toppled in the wave of Arab Spring uprisings this year, after longtime dictators fell in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The deal gives Saleh immunity from prosecution — contradicting a key demand of Yemen’s opposition protesters.

Seated beside Saudi King Abdullah in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Saleh signed the U.S.-backed deal hammered out by his country’s powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to transfer power within 30 days to his vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. That will be followed by early presidential elections within 90 days.

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That is only half the success one would want, neverthless one dictator less, but all this ‘uprising’ has emboldened AlQaida in the country taking over many cities/regions. Any guesses where he will live his ‘happily ever after’ liife?

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Strange country. Of all the countries involved in arab spring, egypt, syria, libya, tunis, this is the one i have not been able to make sense of.

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There have been behind the curtain dealings on for months to plan Ali Abdullah Saleh's exit. Lets wait and see what is in store for the people of Yemen now which is by far the poorest and most under developed Arab country. In the North West Yemen there are 'Houthis' who just had a months long war with the govenment forces (aided by the Saudi forces). And in down South West there is active Al Qaida presence.