anti-government demonstrators carrying an injured colleague of protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, 5 April 2011Yemeni security forces are on alert across the country as demonstrators protests to the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the continues.
Witnesses said that police opened security forces fire on anti-government demonstrators in the southern city of Taiz Tuesday, a day after clashes there 17 dead links.
Separate clashes between demonstrators and security forces were reported in the capital Sanaa and the Red Sea city of Hodeida.
On Monday, six people in Hodeida were killed, triggered after police officers on a protesters marching to the Presidential Palace.
In Washington the US State Department called the violence in the Yemen "horrible" under sign deployment US pressure on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave power.
The New York Times said that the United States drops its long-standing support for Saleh and negotiations on the conditions of his departure. Unidentified American and Yemeni officials have been cited: the US position changed more than a week before the start of the talks. The State Department would not confirm the reports.
A Yemeni opposition spokesman said us and European diplomats were at Saleh and also their "vision" called for a transition Government heads of State and Government.
When reaction gave the opposition on Saturday US officials a proposal which makes hand and Saleh immediately withdraw to a temporary Government headed by Vice President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi until new elections be held. Also, the plan calls for security forces to be restructured under a "transitional military Council".
The Arab Gulf States have invited Yemeni Government and opposition representatives to talks in Saudi Arabia. Saleh gave no sign of compromise in the face of the continuing street protests.
The Yemeni President, in force for 32 years, has but only resign after new elections be held offered. His term ends in 2013.
Yemen has seen increasingly bloody protests against the longtime ruler since end of January. Saleh recently called an end to the protests and said he is ready is to discuss the peaceful transfer of power "according to the Constitution."
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
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