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Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising

RIYADH, Saudi Ara­bia — 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.

Libya declared free, but Gadhafi death questioned

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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s interim rulers declared the coun­try lib­er­ated on Sun­day after an eight-month civil war, launch­ing the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year tran­si­tion to democ­racy. But they laid out plans with an Islamist tone that could rat­tle their West­ern backers.

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