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SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's president, clinging to power despite weeks of protests, scrapped an offer to step down by year's end on Sunday, as Islamic militants taking advantage of the deteriorating security took control of another southern town.
Opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh - a group that started with university students and has expanded to include defecting military commanders, politicians, diplomats and even Saleh's own tribe - had immediately rejected his offer a week ago to leave by the end of this year. Its formal withdrawal by the president indicates an attempt by both sides to negotiate a transfer of power to end the crisis has failed.See the full content of this document
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Yemen Leader Rescinds Offer to Leave
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