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A girl holds a sign, which reads: "Leave", as female anti-government protesters pray during a demonstration to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Saleh has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Saleh has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday read. the words The picture of Saleh in the background reads: "The killer of his people. The butcher of 2011". REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Yemeni protesters shout slogans as a man holds a picture of President Ali Abdullah Saleh with the words "The killer of his people. The butcher of 2011" during an anti-government protest calling for his resignation in Sanaa University March 30, 2011.Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a sit-in to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

An anti-government protestor his face painted with the colors of his national flag shouts slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A Yemeni army officer, right, lifted by anti-government protestors, shouts slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Mass protests have been shaking Yemen for weeks, with demonstrators inspired by successful uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia seeking the ouster of their own autocratic ruler, President Ali Abdullah Saleh who has served for 32 years. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Purchase Cart

An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a sit-in to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A woman attends an anti-government rally to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Veiled women shout slogans during an anti-government rally outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has made a new offer to protesters demanding his ouster, proposing he stays in office until elections are held but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, an opposition source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Yemeni army soldiers in charge of protecting anti-government protestors who are demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, check a pedestrian in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Some hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

An anti-government protestor holds up a piece of bread with writing in Arabic: 'The solution is to leave', during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Anti-government protestors display their arms during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. Arabic writing on the demonstrators arms reads: 'Leave murderer'. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Palm reading : Yemeni anti-government protesters show their palms calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Anti-government protestors react during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Anti-government protestors shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Anti-government protestors react during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

An elderly anti-government protestor reacts while holding a defaced poster showing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south. Arabic reads on the poster, ' Leave, leave, Kingdom, Republic'. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A boy and female anti-government protestors shout slogans during a demonstration to demand for the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, outside Sanaa University, March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Opposition leader Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar talks during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa March 29, 2011. Western countries should support protests seeking to remove Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to help build strong ties for the future, Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar, an opposition figure who is a rival of the current leader said on Tuesday. To match Interview YEMEN-OPPOSITION/ REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Opposition leader Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar pauses during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa March 29, 2011. Western countries should support protests seeking to remove Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to help build strong ties for the future, Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar, an opposition figure who is a rival of the current leader said on Tuesday. To match Interview YEMEN-OPPOSITION/ REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The Arab Revolution of 2011