Unrest In Yemen -- March 4, 2011

Anti-government protesters shout slogans demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemeni Protests Turn Violent -- Wall Street Journal

SAN'A, Yemen—Yemeni soldiers fired rockets on protesters in the restive northern province of Amran Friday, killing three people and injuring seven others, according to a Shia rebel spokesperson.

"We were staging a peaceful protest along a main road when soldiers fired rockets on us," said Abu Hashim, a spokesman for the group. Mr. Hashim said there were "thousands of people" at the protest and the dead included a 70-year-old man.

Eyewitnesses said tanks were used and eight people had been killed. Government officials couldn't corroborate these statements.

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More News On the Unrest In Yemen

Yemen rallies grow, Saleh rejects transition plan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Yemen army fire 'kills four protesters' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Witnesses: Army kills 4 in northern Yemen protest -- Yahoo News/AP
Yemen president launches battle for survival -- The Telegraph
Four die as soldiers turn heavy machine guns on Yemeni protesters -- The Daily Mail
Yemeni army 'fires on protesters' -- Al Jazeera
Yemeni Soldiers Reportedly Fire on Protesters -- Voice of America
Yemen army fire 'kills four protesters' -- AFP
Witnesses: Security forces kill 2 in Yemen protests -- CNN
North Yemen forces fired on protesters, say rebels -- BBC
Yemen rallies grow, Saleh rejects transition plan -- Reuters
Yemen Rallies Grow; Saleh Rejects Transition Plan -- Radio Free Europe
Yemen president offered smooth exit -- Al Jazeera
In Yemen, a tentative road map for Saleh's departure -- Christian Science Moni

Four die as soldiers turn heavy machine guns on Yemeni protesters -- The Daily Mail
Yemeni army 'fires on protesters' -- Al Jazeera
Yemeni Soldiers Reportedly Fire on Protesters -- Voice of America
Yemen army fire 'kills four protesters' -- AFP
Witnesses: Security forces kill 2 in Yemen protests -- CNN
North Yemen forces fired on protesters, say rebels -- BBC
Yemen rallies grow, Saleh rejects transition plan -- Reuters
Yemen Rallies Grow; Saleh Rejects Transition Plan -- Radio Free Europe
Yemen president offered smooth exit -- Al Jazeera
In Yemen, a tentative road map for Saleh's departure -- Christian Science Monitor
Yemen's Saleh must avoid bloodshed: opposition -- Reuters
Yemen rights group says alarmed by arrests in south -- Reuters
Yemeni clerics issue reform bulletin -- UPI
Endgame for Saleh? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

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