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Protesters in Sanaa, Yemen, react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for Oman on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Officers: Mutinies spread to 4 Yemeni air bases

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, file image made from video, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks on Yemen State Television. Yemeni officials say Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States. (AP Photo/Yemen State TV, File)

Yemen officials: Saleh to depart for Oman

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Protesters demand the prosecution of Yemeni President Ali Abdulla Saleh, who has been igniting unrest for a year. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda militants spread grip in Yemen

By Ahmed al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemeni vendor Hassan Azany (left), 19, sits Jan. 3, 2012, by his makeshift shop at an alley in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen. (Associated Press)

Party official says president to remain in Yemen

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

French journalist found dead in Yemen

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemeni soldiers and officers march during a rally demanding reforms and dismissal of a senior official over alleged corruption in Taiz, Yemen, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

Yemenis rally, demand president face trial

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** Anti-government protesters wave Bahraini flags Nov. 25, 2011, during a rally and march that drew tens of thousands to Maqsha, Bahrain, just outside the capital of Manama. Participants in the rally, organized by several opposition societies, waved Bahraini flags along with those of Arab spring countries Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt, while calling for the fall of the Bahraini government, freedom for prisoners and democracy in the Gulf island kingdom. (Associated Press)

Rapid change of Arab Spring slows in winter

By Siobhan Dowling - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. mulls Yemen leader Saleh’s request for a visa

By Bradley Klapper and Julie Pace - Associated Press

Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh wants permission to travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. (Associated Press)

Yemen’s Saleh desire for medical care in U.S. awaits OK

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Protestors stand behind the gate of a field hospital to watch wounded demonstrators being carried from the site of clashes with security forces, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. More than 100,000 protesters who entered Yemen's capital Saturday after a 4-day march from another city were attacked by elite troops loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Troops hit protesters marching into Yemen capital

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, file booking photo provided by the Sudbury, Mass., Police Department shows Tarek Mehanna, of Sudbury, after he was arrested and charged with conspiring to plot terror attacks. The jury found him guilty, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, on four terror-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities after deliberating for about 10 hours. (AP Photo/Sudbury Police Department, File)

Mass. man convicted of conspiring to help al Qaeda

By Laura Crimaldi - Associated Press

Helen Mirren hails Nobel Peace Prize laureates

By BJOERN H. AMLAND - Associated Press

A Yemeni protester wears the colors of his national flag painted on his body and an Arabic phrase that reads, "The people want the butcher to be executed," during a rally to demand the prosecution of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Yemen forms national unity government to replace Saleh

By Ahmed al-Haj - Associated Press

Defected army soldiers stand guard on a vehicle while protesters march during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Nov. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)

Fierce clashes in Yemen leave 2 dead despite deal

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Jamal Al-Jashini - Associated Press

A wounded protestor is carried from the site of clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen power-transfer deal fails to stop violence

By Al-Haj and Jamal Al-Jashimi - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 15, 2011, file photo, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to his supporters, not pictured, during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, after returned from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising

By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, signs an agreement to step down on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (Associated Press)

Uprising forces Yemeni president to step down

By Abdullah al-Shihri and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Associated Press. A scene during a demonstration in Sanaa Yemen.

SHARP & MALAIKAH: On the brink of breakthrough

By Robert Sharp and Fahad Malaikah - The Washington Times

Arab League votes to suspend Syria over bloodshed

By Hadeel Al-Shalchi - Associated Press

Yemeni officials say 18 killed in clashes

By Ahmed al-Haj - Associated Press