Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 2:26:00 PM CET
YemenipPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh told army commanders
that the current crisis is being escalated by the media. ''The nation is facing a crisis and this crisis has been escalating for two years, which has caused congestion among different political forces and reached a climax and tension," he said on speech boradcast on state television. It also led to the creation of an internal and external agenda against the military institution. Media plays an important role. People only watch satellite channels, they only respond to information from them [and] they also take decisions based on what they see on these channels."
4:14pmReuters - Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, says he is concerned about instability in Yemen but declined to say whether Yemen's leader should step down immediately. 4:54pm
6:16pm
Arab League representatives meeting in the Egyptian capital condemn "crimes against civilians" in Yemen and urge the government to deal with the people's demands in a "peaceful manner". <a href="blogs.aljazeera.net"target="_blank">aljazeera.net
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