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Election Marks Start of Yemen's Transition
Yemenis head to the polls in an uncontested presidential election, part of a negotiated end to the decades-long rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
![Voters scan the lists at a polling station in Sana'a, Yemen, February 21, 2012. (VOA - E. Arrott)](https://gdb.voanews.com/b45142df-cfb7-4720-9562-3706085f0fc3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Voters scan the lists at a polling station in Sana'a, Yemen, February 21, 2012. (VOA - E. Arrott)
![Yemeni voters can check their approval for the sole candidate in the presidential election. Sana'a (VOA - E. Arrott)](https://gdb.voanews.com/693a4621-d4bf-44ad-ae98-16af298866f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Yemeni voters can check their approval for the sole candidate in the presidential election. Sana'a (VOA - E. Arrott)
![Women voters out in force in Sana'a, February 21, 2012. (VOA - E. Arrott)](https://gdb.voanews.com/c01bd8b3-57af-4f06-a0a2-c8a8db38808d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women voters out in force in Sana'a, February 21, 2012. (VOA - E. Arrott)
![Abed Rabbo Manousr Hadi is the only candidate running in the election. (VOA - E. Arrott)](https://gdb.voanews.com/acb80fc3-ab50-4d5d-85a4-8c7a757f97ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Abed Rabbo Manousr Hadi is the only candidate running in the election. (VOA - E. Arrott)