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Saleh cedes power

His 33-year rule ends as new Yemeni president takes over

BBC Online
Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down yesterday after 33 years in power and months of protests which took the country to the brink of civil war.
He formally handed power to his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who was sworn in as president on Saturday.
The transfer of power is part of a deal brokered by Gulf states. Saleh is also granted immunity from prosecution.
As part of the agreement, Hadi will serve a two-year term and oversee the drafting of a new constitution.
Aides to the former president have said Saleh will go into exile in Ethiopia within two days along with some of his family members, the Associated Press reported.
Saleh becomes the fourth Arab leader to be removed from power after more than a year of mass protests in the region. He only returned to Yemen on Saturday after receiving medical treatment in the United States for injuries sustained in an assassination attempt last June.
Standing next to Hadi at the ceremony, he said: "I hand over the banner of the revolution, of the republic, of freedom, of security and ofstability... to safehands." CHALLENGES AHEAD Hadi has already been sworn in as Yemen's new president after an election last week in which he was the only candidate.
The poll on Tuesday last was marred by violence in the south of the country in which nine people were killed. A car bomb also exploded in Hadramawt province on Saturday, killing 26 people.
The violence underscores the challenges Yemen — the poorest country in the Arab world — still faces after the departure of Saleh.
Hadi has to tackle widespread poverty and malnutrition, a secessionist movement in the south, rebellions across the country and a fight against al-Qaeda militants.
At his swearing-in ceremony in parliament broadcast live by state television, he promised to work to bring home the thousands of internal refugees created by fighting between government troops, southern separatists, mutinous military units, and other factions.
"One of the most prominent tasks is the continuation of war against al-Qaeda as a religious and national duty, and to bring back displaced people to their villages and towns," Hadi said.
He is expected to serve a two-year term to pave the way for new parliamentary and presidential elections in 2014.