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Ali Abdullah Saleh Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Wednesday he will not be seeking re-election nor hand over power to his son once his current term ends in 2013, CNN reported. "No extension, no inheritance,” he told parliament. Saleh had called an emergency parliamentary meeting, ahead of a “day of rage”... 

Stones fly through the air as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, foreground , fight with anti-Mubarak protesters, rear, standing on army tanks in Cairo. CAIRO — Barely 12 hours after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would step down at the end of his term, a club-wielding mob chanting his name overwhelmed pro-democracy... 

The Committee to Protect Journalists is protesting an order by the Singapore government to force a journalistic website, The Online Citizen, to register as a political organization, in a move apparently designed to limit political commentary. "Discussing politics does not make a publication a political organization," said Bob...