Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi voted in as new president
(NEWSER) - Yemen came together after a year of unrest today, voting out President Ali Abdullah Saleh in favor of his former vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi. The New York Times reports that turnout in the capital, Sanaa, appeared high and spirits were similarly high, despite the fact that the election is mostly symbolic: Hadi is the only candidate on the ballot. But one shopkeeper noted that Yemenis are fine with that: "If there was more than one candidate, then they would start killing each other and we are sick of the killing," he said. "It's finished," added a taxi driver, noting that checkpoints were closing while streets were opening. "The situation is improving." More»
