In Sanaa, Yemen, hundreds of anti-government protesters marched toward a presidential palace in Yemen on Sunday, calling for regime change in the Middle Eastern country. The current President, Ali Saleh has ruled Yemen for 32 years and has pledged not to stand for re-election when his current term, which started in 2006 and ends in 2013.
According to the article, the anti-government group first gathered at the gates of Sanaa University earlier Sunday, where another group of pro-government demonstrators carried pictures of Ali. The cities police tried to disperse the crowds and stepped in to prevent pro-government demonstrators from following when the anti-government group headed away from the university and toward the palace. The group of students consist of students and right activist. furthermore, the cities security forces put up barbed wire barricades and blocked the protesters' path about two miles from the palace. At that point, the situation intensified as protesters attempted to reach the palace through side streets.
In spite of this, Egypt's revolution resonated across the region, with anti-government protests in Yemen and Algeria. Brief clashes erupted Saturday in Yemen between hundreds of pro- and anti-government demonstrators who staged rival rallies in the capital. The clashes, which left a small number of people injured, followed an anti-government protest Friday night in which men armed with knives attacked more than a thousand demonstrators, according to human rights groups. In regards to these situations, 2011 is the year of the reveloution, because demonstrations are also planned in Libya and Iran on Monday.
BY Delaina Flagg
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/13/yemen.protests/index.html?npt=NP1
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