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By Khaled al-Mahdy
TAIZ, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni police opened fire near protesters who set up barricades of burning tyres in a city on Tuesday, killing one as Gulf mediators tried to bring the sides to talks on a presidential transfer of...
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Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:36am EDT
TAIZ, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni police opened fire near protesters who set up barricades of burning tyres in a city on Tuesday, killing one as Gulf mediators tried to bring the sides to talks on a presidential transfer of power.
The U.N. Security Council was also due to meet late in the day to discuss the situation in Yemen, where Western and Gulf Arab allies fear a prolonged standoff could lead to clashes between rival military units in Sanaa and elsewhere.
Doctors said at least one person was shot dead and another wounded at the protest in Taiz, south of Sanaa, as protesters across the country started to test security forces' limits after three months of demonstrations demanding the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Police responded with gunfire in Taiz when protesters made piles of burning tyres. They planned to march past the provincial governor's office.
"They (protesters) are resorting to these tactics to try and escalate the situation because they feel like their demands are not being met," said Mohammed al-Mohammedi, a protester in Taiz.
Protesters also shouted orders to salute soldiers who belonged to a battalion loyal to General Ali Mohsen, who has sent troops to protect demonstrators in Sanaa, as they marched past an army post manned by his troops.
Similarly, in recent days, protesters in Sanaa and the Red Sea port of Hudeida have both tried to march outside their traditional protest zones, leading to clashes with police who sought to hold them back.
Both Western and Gulf Arab allies have tried without success to broker a resolution involving a transition of power from Saleh, who has led the Arabian Peninsula state for 32 years. He says he wants a handover, but only to "safe hands."
Western countries and Arab neighbors say they fear sustained clashes in the poor, mountainous country where Saleh has already lost control of several provinces would cause chaos that could benefit an active al Qaeda wing operating in Yemen.
The United Nations Security Council was planning to discuss the situation in Yemen on Tuesday at 1930 GMT, diplomats said, in a meeting that would include a briefing by a senior official from the U.N. Department of Political Affairs.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Yemeni opposition should be careful not to hold back from talks in hope of getting foreign help to topple the government.
"That is a very dangerous logic which can cause a chain reaction," he said, speaking on a visit to Serbia. "All those responsible, particularly members of the U.N. Security Council, must not opt for conflicts but for dialogue."
GULF TALKS
Gulf Arab states stepped in this month with an offer to mediate in Yemen after Western-brokered talks stalled, and Saleh representatives were due to meet Gulf foreign ministers in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday to try to get direct talks back on track.
The Abu Dhabi meeting comes two days after a delegation of Saleh's opponents, who had initially rejected Gulf-led talks because they had not set a departure timeframe for Saleh, met Gulf ministers in Riyadh to lay out their objections.
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