News at Eleven: Who cut Yemeni poet Waleed al-Rumaishi's tongue

in a brutal assault? And why?

The gruesome incident, which was reported by Al Arabiya TV on Wednesday, has triggered an exchange of accusations between the opposition and the government of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

It is not known whether Mr. Al-Rumaishi, who hails from Shi'an district of the southwest province of Ibb known for being the poets' hub, is for or against the government.

from Al Arabiya: Who cut the tongue of a Yemeni poet? The opposition? The Government? And why?
then Almotamar Net: The President visits poet al-Ramishi in the hospital


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