Yemen’s elections

The Yemeni people voted Tuesday to remove President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after a 33-year rule. Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ran in the uncontested race, a deal brokered to help stave off a civil war in the country.

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Feb. 22, 2012

A Yemeni boy flashes the V sign for victory during a protest demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, a day after elections that saw the end of Saleh's 33-year rule. He is in the United States seeking treatment for burns sustained during a bomb blast in his palace mosque in June.

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Yemen's vice president and the sole presidential candidate, <span>Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi</span>, left, casts his ballot at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen, as the country votes in the presidential election. The election brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement.

Feb. 21, 2012

Yemen's vice president and the sole presidential candidate, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left, casts his ballot at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen, as the country votes in the presidential election. The election brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A police officer organizes male voters during presidential elections in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen sealed President Ali Abdullah Saleh's exit from power on Tuesday by electing his deputy, Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to shepherd the country away from the brink of civil war.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A man, right, checks his name before voting as others chew qat, a mild stimulant, at a polling station during presidential elections in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemenis voted on Tuesday for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in hopes of ending a year-long struggle that began with mass protests to oust him and almost led to the collapse of the state.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A man checks his name before voting at a polling station during presidential elections in the Al Hasaba neighborhood in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A man casts his ballot during presidential elections in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A defected soldier, who supports anti-regime protesters, stands guard as women line up at a polling station during presidential elections in the Al Hasaba neighborhood of Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A girl stands next to a woman reading her ballot before casting her vote at a polling station in the Al Hasaba neighborhood of Sanaa, Yemen.

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

Feb. 21, 2012

The Arab world's first female Nobel peace laureate, Tawakkul Karman, casts her ballot in a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

A man casts his ballot during presidential elections in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

Election workers count ballots cast by voters during the presidential elections in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

Residents of the northern Yemeni province of Saada, where only one polling station was open, protest against participation in the presidential elections. But elsewhere, Yemeni people voted in large numbers as President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule came to an end in a poll marred by deadly clashes in the south and a Shiite rebel boycott in the north. Arabic slogans on banners reads: "Boycott the elections. Voting is appeasing the U.S. demands.”

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Feb. 21, 2012

A man walks past tires set on fire by followers of a southern separatist group that was calling for a boycott to Yemen's presidential elections in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

Followers of a southern separatist group calling for a boycott to Yemen's presidential elections burn tires to block a road in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

Yemeni men show their inked thumbs after casting their votes at a polling center in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemenis are voting to rubber-stamp their U.S.-backed vice president as the new head of state, tasked with steering the country out of a crisis that followed the year-old anti-government uprising.

Hani Mohammed / AP

Feb. 21, 2012

A woman looks at a ballot paper with a photo and name of Yemen's Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as she casts her vote during the presidential elections in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Feb. 21, 2012

Handicapped Yemenis line up outside a polling center waiting to cast their votes during presidential elections in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

Yemeni men line up outside a polling station to cast their votes in the presidential election in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 21, 2012

An electoral worker seals a ballot box with wax as counting begins for the results of the national elections in the capital, Sanaa.

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Feb. 21, 2012

The Arab world's first female Nobel peace laureate, Tawakkul Karman, flashes the V for "victory sign and shows her ink-stained thumb after casting her vote outside a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen.

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Feb. 20, 2012

Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on the eve of the presidential election. Based on a Gulf-brokered plan signed in November by outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi will be the sole consensus candidate, after which he will lead a two-year-long transition period.

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Feb. 20, 2012

Yemenis attend a pro-election rally in Sanaa, Yemen. Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is to become president after a vote on Tuesday, in which he is the only candidate. The campaign poster, background shows Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

Hani Mohammed / AP

Feb. 21, 2012

Soldiers stand at a tank with posters of Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to secure a road in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Feb. 21, 2012

Smoke rises over the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, as followers of a southern separatist group calling for a boycott to Yemen's presidential elections burn tires to block roads in the city.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

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