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Yemen: Nobel Peace winner Tawakul Karman lobbies UN

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Yemen: Nobel Peace winner Tawakul Karman lobbies UN

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakul Karman is visiting New York to demand action from the UN to end the bloodshed in her native Yemen.

She led a small demonstration outside UN headquarters calling for Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to be tried for the deaths of protesters.Security Council members are considering a draft resolution urging Mr Saleh to step down.

Ms Karman is a leading pro-democracy figure in Yemen. She was one of three joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month.

Read the whole story at BBC News, published 19 Oct

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakul Karman is visiting New York to demand action from the UN to end the bloodshed in her native Yemen.

She led a small demonstration outside UN headquarters calling for Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to be tried for the deaths of protesters.Security Council members are considering a draft resolution urging Mr Saleh to step down.

Ms Karman is a leading pro-democracy figure in Yemen. She was one of three joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month.

Read the whole story at BBC News, published 19 Oct

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