Protests start in Yemen, despite concession from president

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What seemed like thousands of anti-government protesters gathered near Sanaa University in Yemen's capital Wednesday morning, a clear indication that many parts of the country were not happy with the recent announcement by President Ali Abdullah Saleh that he would not seek the re-election.

Protesters of all ages screamed and held signs with messages against poverty and the government. Some have said that Saleh need to resign.

As the event has grown quickly, was very litte no visible security in the area.

The protesters had said they would continue on Thursday, planned "Day of Anger" in March, despite the license Yemeni Saleh Saleh on Wednesday.

Trying to suppress the growing discontent in the country, Saleh said he did not seek re-election when his current mandate expires in 2013, when more than three decades in office.

He is not suitable to replace the son he said. He asked his political adversaries "to resume the dialogue hopes to reach a sustainable agreement and correspond to" the Yemeni government has said.

Thursday in protest after the middle of such disorders in progress in Egypt and Tunisia, the revolt, which forced the long-term power of the nation the man to flee to Saudi Arabia in mid-January.

King Abdullah of Jordan, meanwhile, denied that his government and appointed a new prime minister to protest against it.

In Yemen, Saleh convened an emergency meeting prior parliamentary protests Thursday.

The protests - which is also connected to a different extent in Algeria and Sudan - have been shown to be "a real watershed event in the Arab world," said Managing Editor Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy magazine. "It 's really unprecedented."