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Sharp, Jeremy M., “Yemen: Background and US Relations,” Congressional Research Service, January 13, 2010. 111
Jeremy Sharp, “Yemen: Background and US Relations,” CRS Report, October 6, 2011, 3.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL34170.pdf 112
Associated Press, “Yemenis vote to rubber-stamp VP as nation’s new leader to steer country out of crisis,” February 21, 2012, 8:50AM ET. 113
CIA World Factbook, February 29, 2012, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/ym.html. 114
CIA World Factbook, February 29, 2012, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/ym.html. 115
See the range of Work Bank material available at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/YEMENEXTN/0,,contentMD K:20243365~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:310165,00.html, especially the country assistance study. Also see the now dated (largely pre-uprising) reporting in the “Yemen” section of the CIA World Factbook, 2012. The scale of Yemeni population growth is described in detail in the IDB section of the US Census Bureau web page. The interaction between politics and unrest, and various key economic and social issues, is described in detail in the Carnegies Endowment series of “Yemen on the Brink” 116
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/YEMENEXTN/0,,menuPK :310174~pagePK:141132~piPK:141107~theSitePK:310165,00.html 117
Sudarsan Raghavan and Karen DeYoung, “Despite death of Awlaki, U.S.-Yemen Relations Strained,” Washington Post, October 5, 2011; Karen DeYoung, “U.S. plans to step up aid to Yemen if conditions are met,” Washington Post, February 21, 2011 .