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Doubts raised over new Italy minister
ROME – Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano has raised concern over the appointment yesterday of Giancarlo Galan as the new agriculture minister.
The Sicilian politician is under investigation by anti- Mafia authorities in Palermo for aiding the Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia. – (Reuters)
Yemen’s president offers to step down
SANAA – Yemen’s president offered has to step down by the end of the year in a bid to appease demands for his resignation.
Weeks of protests against the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have raised alarm that the country where al-Qaeda has entrenched itself could collapse. – (Reuters)
