Yemen cease-fire breached; 16 dead
Government forces fired mortars at mourners at funerals held for protesters killed in clashes.
Government forces fired mortars at mourners at funerals held for protesters killed in clashes.
Fighting erupted across much of Sanaa and the death toll for the worst violence in months rose to nearly 50 in two days of clashes.
Yemeni forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of protesters, killing at least 26.
Fierce clashes between Yemeni government forces and al-Qaeda linked militants in southern Yemen overnight killed 14, including 12 militants.
Yemeni opposition groups and protest leaders formed a national council to step up pressure on Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit.
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia pressured Yemen's president to stay in Saudi Arabia after he was released from a lengthy hospital stay.
Security officials say a car bomb has killed at least eight army soldiers and wounded scores in Yemen's coastal city of Aden.
It's a huge and traumatic undertaking to shove aside regimes with decades in power.