Yemeni president's tribe urges leader to quit

The Yemeni president’s own tribe has called on him to step down after a deadly crackdown on protesters, robbing the embattled US-backed leader of vital support in a society dominated by blood ties.

Some of the country’s most important religious leaders joined in the call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s resignation, and his human rights minister announced she was quitting as tens of thousands joined a burial procession for some of the more than 40 protesters killed by government gunmen on Friday.