Yemen death toll up

April 09, 2011 11:56 pm | Updated September 27, 2016 02:22 am IST - Sana'a:

Protesters kept up the heat on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday as deaths mounted in the flashpoint city of Taez, even as a dissident general denied aiming to replace the Yemeni leader.

On the regional scene, Yemen recalled its Ambassador to Qatar, state news agency Saba announced, on Saturday after a call from the Gulf state for Mr. Saleh to step down stirred anger in Sana'a.

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