) .- At least fourteen people were injured in clashes during protests against the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in different parts of the country, witnesses and medical sources. In the Yemeni capital, at least seven people were injured in clashes between protesters and armed citizens in a residential neighborhood near the University of Sanaa, witnesses told Efe.
Witnesses explained that residents of the neighborhood of Al Kuwait, near the square where concentrations are held daily in front of the University of the capital against the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, opened fire on protesters. Neighborhood residents opposed the demonstrators new tents set up outside the place of concentrations.
Several police used tear gas to quell the protests. Dozens of protesters were treated in hospitals for the effects of these gases. For several weeks, thousands of protesters are camped outside the University of Sana'a. In the city of Taez, south of the country, seven people were injured in clashes between police and protesters who tried to control some government buildings, according to medical sources, they offered no details on these incidents.
Yesterday, at least two people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in several cities of Yemen. Three days ago, Saleh announced that by the end of the year will promote changes in the Constitution to lay the foundations of parliamentary democracy and to reaffirm the separation of powers, a promise which the opposition is too late.
Since last January 27, Yemen has witnessed sporadic protests against the regime of Saleh, but the demonstrations have gained intensity since mid-February. 
Witnesses explained that residents of the neighborhood of Al Kuwait, near the square where concentrations are held daily in front of the University of the capital against the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, opened fire on protesters. Neighborhood residents opposed the demonstrators new tents set up outside the place of concentrations.
Several police used tear gas to quell the protests. Dozens of protesters were treated in hospitals for the effects of these gases. For several weeks, thousands of protesters are camped outside the University of Sana'a. In the city of Taez, south of the country, seven people were injured in clashes between police and protesters who tried to control some government buildings, according to medical sources, they offered no details on these incidents.
Yesterday, at least two people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in several cities of Yemen. Three days ago, Saleh announced that by the end of the year will promote changes in the Constitution to lay the foundations of parliamentary democracy and to reaffirm the separation of powers, a promise which the opposition is too late.
Since last January 27, Yemen has witnessed sporadic protests against the regime of Saleh, but the demonstrations have gained intensity since mid-February.
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