Stampede at poll rally kills 41 and injures 50 in Yemen - Independent

Stampede at poll rally kills 41 and injures 50 in Yemen By Ahmed Al Haj in Sanaa At least 41 people were killed and more than 50 injured - most of them schoolchildren and teenagers - in a stampede yesterday during a pre-election campaign rally for Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Mr Saleh was addressing a crowd in a small stadium in Ibb, 192km (119 miles) south of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Many of the those attending, who were packed into the stadium, were seen carrying banners and posters ...