也门总统萨利赫已签署海湾合作委员会提出的把政权移交给一位副总统的权力移交协议。该协议的目的是为数月来愈演愈烈的反抗他33年统治的示威活动划上句号。
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Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Reuters)
United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal bin Omar speaks in Saudi Arabia before Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed the deal to transfer power. (Reuters)
Anti-Saleh protesters in Yemen. (Reuters)
Anti-government protesters carry a protester wounded in October in clashes with security forces. (AP)
Protesters demand the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AP)
A protester shows his hand painted in red to symbolize bloodshed while demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AP)
Protesters demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Reuters)
Yemeni female protesters painted their hands with colors of the pre-Gadhafi Libya, Yemen and Syria flags during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen.s president. (AP)
Demonstrators gathered earlier this year to show support for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Reuters)
Smoke rises from a building during clashes in Sanaa in October. (AP)