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Yemeni protestors shout slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh as they block a main road in the flashpoint city of Taiz, with burning tyres during an anti-government protest on June 1, 2011.
Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2011

Open quoteFor me and many others like me here in the square, we are convinced that peaceful means would not work, since they did not work over the last four months.Close quote

  • AHMED OBADI,
  • a Yemeni protester and teacher, on the demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh; violence raged on Wednesday
Photo: Mohammed Huwais / AFP / Getty Images | Source: NEW YORK TIMES