2011-02-14

Protest in Yemen Call for the Ouster of US Backed President as US Military Begins Training Yemen's "Counterterrorism" Unit

SANAA, Yemen (AP) - More than 1,000 people protested in Yemen for a fourth straight day Monday, demanding political reforms and the ouster of the U.S.-allied president in demonstrations inspired by the upheaval in Egypt.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110214/D9LCHD600.html

WASHINGTON – Faced with an increasingly alarming threat from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the U.S. military will begin a new training program with Yemen's counterterrorism unit so it can move against militants believed to be plotting attacks on America from safe havens there.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/14/official-expand-yemeni-military-training/

CAIRO (AP) - Thousands of Egyptian state employees, from ambulance drivers to policemen and transport workers, protested Monday in Cairo to demand better pay and conditions in a wave of labor unrest unleashed by the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110214/D9LCGT8O2.html