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Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Sudam SANAA | Thu May 19, 2011 10:24am EDT SANAA (Reuters) - Gulf Arab foreign ministers will meet for talks on Yemen soon after a power transition deal for their poorer neighbor fell through for a second time, a Yemeni opposition official said on Thursday. Inspired by uprisings in the Arab world, protesters have rallied across Yemen for months, resisting fierce attempts by state forces to quash their revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule. Worried that continued chaos could strengthen al Qaeda's local wing, Western and Gulf powers have worked out a transition agreement hoping to end the crisis. But last-minute snags prevented the deal from being signed on Wednesday. Mohammed Basindwa, an opposition figure tipped as a possible interim prime minister, said foreign ministers from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council could meet in Riyadh as early as Saturday to discuss Yemen. "The Cooperation Council informed us of a meeting of Gulf foreign ministers that will be devoted to discussing the special Yemen initiative," he said. Gulf officials could not immediately confirm the date. The transition deal would have paved the way for Saleh to resign within a month. It would have also granted him immunity from prosecution and allowed a dignified exit from power in the Arabian Peninsula state. A government official told Reuters a deal remained possible. "There is still a glimmer of hope," he said. The United States and oil giant Saudi Arabia have both been targets of foiled attacks by al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing and are keen to end to the political stalemate. Washington has stepped up pressure on Saleh to sign and implement the deal which could help end months of protests that have paralyzed Yemen's economy. It said John Brennan, an adviser to President Barack Obama, had called Saleh to discuss this. "Brennan noted that this transfer of power represents the best path forward for Yemen to become a more secure, unified, and prosperous nation and for the Yemeni people to realize their aspirations for peace and political reform," the statement said. MINOR CHANGES TO DEAL Protesters, frustrated that their daily rallies have failed to dislodge Saleh, want the 69-year-old leader out immediately. They have threatened to step up their campaign by marching on government buildings, a move that brought new bloodshed last week as security forces fired to stop them. "We are in favor of the president's departure from power by any route. So long as the agreement encompasses this, we are for it," said Ali Noman, a street activist in the city of Ibb, south of the capital. Saleh, who has outlasted previous attempts to challenge his power, indicated in April he would sign the Gulf-brokered deal, but refused to put his name to it in the final hours. He said at the time he would only sign in his capacity as ruling party leader, not as president. The opposition, including Islamists and leftists, said the agreement that collapsed on Wednesday contained minor changes to the April deal, on who would sign and in what capacity. Saleh was due to sign as leader of both the country and ruling party. But the deal broke down over who would sign it from the opposition side. Saleh pushed for its leftist rotating head, Yassin Noman, to be the main opposition signatory. The opposition preferred Basindwa, sources said. The opposition eventually agreed to have Noman as the first opposition signer while keeping Basindwa on the list of additional signatories. Saleh refused and the deal fell through, sources said. The ruling party said Saleh was willing to sign but wanted to deal only with "legally recognized parties" represented in parliament, seen as a dig on Basindwa, a political independent. 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