Yemen's conflict fuels calls for southern independence
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The flag of once-independent South Yemen is visible everywhere around this port city, once the country's capital. The banner — red, white, black and blue with a red star — is painted on walls, flown from homes, and flutters from the vehicles and checkpoints of militiamen in the streets./ "We want freedom," declares an English-language slogan spray-painted on a wall on a main road. Another proclaims: "The Free South." Calls among southern Yemenis to break away once more are accelerating as the country collapses into ...
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