Yemen elects new president

Politics - 22 February 2012, Wednesday 09:42

SANAA, YEMEN (QHA) - Hundreds of Yemenis have voted on Tuesday to replace the country’s longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh, CNN reports.
The election was short on candidates – the only person on the ballot was Vice President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi, who became acting president in November as the result of a power transfer brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council after months of protests – it appeared to be long on hope.
Officials in Sanaa described a successful effort Tuesday, but conditions in the southern port city of Aden were different. Four people were killed in clashes between gunmen and security forces, two senior security officials in the city said.
Security officials said another 14 people were injured and were treated at a hospital.
In the port city of Mukalla, southwest of Sanaa on the Gulf of Aden, a soldier was killed Tuesday and four were wounded when polling centers were stormed, Yemen's official news network SABA reported, citing an official source.
Some who took part in the protests said they were not particularly excited about Tuesday's vote.
 
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