Yemen opposition agrees to Saleh exit plan

Opposition spokesman Mohammed Qahtan said that the opposition has given its final accord to the (Gulf Cooperation Council) initiative after having received assurances from Gulf brothers and American and European friends on their objections to certain clauses in the plan. He added that the Common Forum, a Yemeni parliamentary opposition coalition, had notified GCC secretary general Abdullatif al-Zayani of the decision.The opposition said its acceptance of the plan would not mean an end to protests, as witnesses said hundreds of thousands of people rallied again on Monday.The plan does not foresee a suspension of the protest sit-ins, which are a constitutional right of Yemenis, another Common Forum official, Hamid al-Ahmar said.