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Presidential elections begin in Yemen

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Hundreds of voters made their voices heard in Sanaa to replace Yemen's longtime ruler, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in an election marred by sporadic violence.
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in Politics, on the 21st of February 2012

A man looks for his name in the lists, to cast his vote in the ballot hall in the capital Sana'a. The only person on the ballot was Vice President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi.

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Yemeni man raises his thumb stamped in black ink after voting.

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A man casts his vote in the ballot hall in the capital Sana'a. The only person on the ballot was Vice President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi.

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The only person on the ballot was Vice President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi.

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Closure of one of the ballot boxes with red tape at a polling station in the capital Sana'a.

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Yemeni security man at the entrance to a polling station chewing what is believed to be khat, a hallucinogenic drug.

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AlphaA consensus candidate Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who is elected as the new president of Yemen over a polling station.

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