Yemen votes out President Saleh
Yemen’s Vice President and the sole presidential candidate, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi (L), casts his ballot at a polling station in Sanaa on February 21, 2012 as the country votes in the presidential election that brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year hardline rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement. AFP PHOTO/STR
Yemen voted to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh, though the only candidate was Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Clashes were reported at polling stations in the city of Aden as separatists tried to prevent voting.
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