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Presidential election in Yemen (19 images)

Yemen's election on Feb. 21, 2012 brings an end of the reign of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year tenure in Yemen, the first Arab state to end its Arab Spring revolts with a negotiated settlement.



A Yemeni man casts his ballot at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen on February 21, 2012. The election brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement. UPI/Mohammad Abdullah
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Yemeni men shows their ink-stained thumbs after they voted in Sanaa, Yemen on February 21, 2012. The election brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement. UPI/Mohammad Abdullah
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A Yemeni man casts his ballot at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen on February 21, 2012. The election brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement. UPI/Mohammad Abdullah
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A Yemeni woman registers her name at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen on February 21, 2012,for the election that brings an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule in Yemen, the first Arab state where a revolt ended in a negotiated settlement. UPI/Mohammad Abdullah
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