Reality bites as Yemen begins life after Saleh, Reuters (2012)
This news article says that Yemen has began a new era without Ali Abdullah Saleh after an uncontested election that gave his deputy a mandate to launch reforms in a country facing an economy in meltdown, a tenacious al Qaeda wing and rebellions in the north and south. The election committee is expected to release initial results later on Wednesday. An official on Tuesday estimated turnout was as high as 80 percent.
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