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Urgent: Yemeni parliament rejects president Hadi's resignation: statement

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Yemeni parliament on Thursday night rejected President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's resignation and called for holding an emergency session on Friday to resolve the crisis, the parliament said in a statement obtained by Xinhua.

"The resignation of President Hadi is rejected and we call for holding an emergency session tomorrow," it said in a brief statement. Endit