Dictator Yemen stapt op

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal Wednesday aimed at ending his country's months-long political crisis, video broadcast on Saudi Arabian and Yemeni state television showed.

The signing ceremony took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Saleh arrived earlier Wednesday.

Before the signing, a spokesman for Yemen's embassy in Washington said executive powers would be transferred to Vice President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi "effective immediately" once Saleh signed the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative.

"This monumental agreement will hopefully bring an end to the 10-month long turmoil in the homeland," Mohammed Albasha, a spokesman for Yemen's embassy in Washington, said in a statement.

Saleh will remain permanently in Saudi Arabia after he signs the deal, a presidential source said before the signing.

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