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Yemen activist sees youth revolt against president

Thousands of students and lawyers took to the streets to demand that president Ali Abdullah Saleh step down

Thousands of students and lawyers took to the streets to demand that Saleh, in power for 32 years, step down (Getty Images)

Yemeni security forces stand between pro-regime supporters and anti-government protesters during demonstrations outside Sanaa University on February 15, 2011 (Getty Images)

Yemeni pro-regime supporters shout slogans against the opposition as they gather outside Sanaa University (Getty Images)

An injured Yemeni pro-government demonstrator is helped away as pro-regime supporters waded into an anti-government protest in the capital Sanaa with stones and batons (Getty Images)

Yemeni pro-regime supporters shout slogans against the opposition as they gather outside Sanaa (Getty Images)

Yemeni security forces block anti-government protesters from advancing during demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa (Getty Images)

Yemeni pro-regime supporters shout slogans against the opposition as they gather outside Sanaa University (Getty Images)

A man holds up sign that reads in Arabic ‘The people want to bring down the regime’ during a protest in the capital Sanaa (Getty Images)

Yemeni pro-regime supporters shout slogans against the opposition as they gather outside Sanaa University (Getty Images)

Yemenis protest holding up a sign in the capital Sanaa, on February 14, 2011 (Getty Images)

Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration in the capital Sanaa (Getty Images)

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