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Yemeni vice president starts president power

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-05 19:30

SANAA -- Yemeni Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi on Sunday formally started to exercise power as acting president after President Ali Abdullah Saleh left late Saturday for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, a senior official told Xinhua.

Hadi, later the day, is expected to hold a meeting with military leaders, which will be attended by commanders from the family of President Saleh.

The senior official added Hadi received on Sunday the U.S. ambassador to Yemen and discussed with him procedures for transferring of power after Saleh left Yemen.