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Yemen president orders protection for protesters

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The statement, published on the Yemeni state news agency, demanded security services grant "full protection" to all demonstrators and urged protesters to "remain vigilant" against infiltrators seeking to ignite violence. Two anti government protesters were killed early Wednesday in an attack on a sit in in the capital, Sanaa, bringing to at least 15 the total number of deaths in a crackdown on an uprising against Saleh since February 16.

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