Tensions are escalating in Yemen, where thousands have protested the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who remains in power. In the meantime, violence is worsening, parts of the country have fallen out of the government’s control and Yemen’s economy is collapsing. A correspondent for the BBC reports on some changes that Yemenis are seeing.
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