anti-government demonstrators carrying a fellow protester wounded in Sanaa, April 5, 2011Yemeni security forces are on alert across the country, that the demonstrators continue demonstrations designed to eliminate President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the power.
Witnesses say security undercover troops opened fire on anti-government demonstrators, in the city of the South of Taiz Tuesday a day after clashes there left 17 dead.
Separate clashes between demonstrators and security forces were also reported in the capital Sanaa and the town of Hodeida in the Red Sea
Monday, six people were killed in Hodeida after police fired on a protesters marching toward the Presidential Palace there.
In Washington, the US State Department called the violence in the Yemen "appalling" in the signs of pressure mounting on President Ali Abdullah Saleh U.S. leaders to relinquish power.
The New York Times, said that the United States is abandoning its support for a long time for Saleh and negotiate the terms of his departure. Unidentified American and Yemeni officials were cited as saying that the US position has changed more than a week earlier, when the negotiations began. The State Department would not confirm the reports.
A spokesman for the Yemeni opposition said U.S. and European diplomats were in contact with Saleh and anti-Government leaders also asked for their "vision" for a transition.
In response, the opposition Saturday gave us authorities a proposal which Saleh resign immediately and hand over power to a temporary Government headed by Vice President Abd al - Rab Mansur al-Hadi until new elections are held. The plan also requires that the security forces be restructured under a "transitional military Council".
The Gulf Arab States invited representatives of Government and the Yemeni opposition in the talks in Saudi Arabia. Saleh gave no sign of compromise in continuing street demonstrations.
The Yemeni President, in power for 32 years, has offered to resign but only after new elections are held. The end of his term in 2013.
Yemen saw more in bloody protests against the leader for a long time since end of January. Saleh has recently called upon to put an end to the protests and said that he is willing to discuss the peaceful transfer of power "of" the constitution.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
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