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Article: Deaths as Yemen rejects talks.
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- Aljazeera.net
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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9/10/2009 11:56:48 PM
Yemen's government has rejected proposals by the opposition for talks on ending conflict in the north.
The National Committee for Dialogue had this week urged the government to seek non-military solutions to the conflict with Shia Houthi fighters in the mountainous province of Saada.
Hameed al-Ahmar, an opposition leader, had called for "dialogue and national co-operation" to find "solutions that save the state" and restore "the peaceful unity of Yemen".
But Hasan Ahmad al-Lawzi, the information minister, said on Thursday that Yemenis should fully back the government's stance.
"What we need today is to ...