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Yemen's opposition has signed a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to end the country's political crisis by easing Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president, out of power after months of unrest.
The deal, signed by the opposition in the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, commits Saleh to leaving office within 30 days in return for 'immunity from prosecution'.
It was signed in the presence of US and European Union ambassadors, said a foreign ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the press.
Saleh, who has backed out of the deal twice, is expected to sign on Sunday and has already called for early elections.
The GCC brings together six states including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Jamila Ali Rajaa, a former adviser to the Yemeni foreign minister, told Al Jazeera she was optimistic the president would sign the deal.
"I think this time definitely he will," she said.
"There is a lot of pressure on him from the GCC, especially Saudi Arabia and also from America and the European Union."
But she said the signing of the pact may not end the protests as demonstrators are not willing to leave the places they are occupying, insisting the opposition does not represent them.
A spokesman for Saleh's ruling General People's Congress (GPC) said the president would sign the deal on Sunday.
"The signing of the plan will be on Sunday in Sanaa," Tareq al-Shami said. "Saleh will sign the document in his capacity as president of the republic and the GPC."
Saleh has survived many tussles with rivals, and skillfully used patronage and favors to keep tribal and political backers loyal.
But some of his allies, including senior army officers, have abandoned him and joined the opposition as his 32-year rule appears to be entering its final days.
Yemen has been reeling from months of street protests that have seen tens of thousands of people massing in Sanaa, the focal point of demonstrations. Taiz and the port city of Aden have also been scenes of mass protests.
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Tens of thousands of Yemeni anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration calling for the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh following Friday prayers in Sanaa.
Al-Jazeera
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