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Yemen: Women Irate at Remarks by President of Yemen

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Yemen: Women Irate at Remarks by President of Yemen

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President Ali Abdullah Saleh's suggestion that antigovernment protesters in the capital were in violation of Islamic law because women were allowed to mix with men stirred a women’s rights march in the capital on Saturday, as thousands of women in this staunchly conservative country made Mr. Saleh an object of public derision.

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President Ali Abdullah Saleh's suggestion that antigovernment protesters in the capital were in violation of Islamic law because women were allowed to mix with men stirred a women’s rights march in the capital on Saturday, as thousands of women in this staunchly conservative country made Mr. Saleh an object of public derision.

For more information, please visit The New York Times.

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