Increased Pressure on Saleh to hand over power

At least one protester was killed and 13 injured by pro-Saleh forces as they attempted to reach Saba junction Regional and international pressure has been increased  on the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, since his surprise return to Sana'a last Friday. President Saleh has been asked to step down according to the Gulf  initiative, which  calls for his resignation after one month,  and transferring  power to his deputy Abd Rabo Mansour Hadi, where presidential elections to take place after 60 days.
On the other hand, violence has resumed in the streets of the capital, Sanaa, as tens of thousands of people gather to demand that President Ali Abdullah Saleh be tried for crimes committed during his decades-long rule, hours before he is expected to make a speech.
Marching protesters, who set off from Change Square on Sunday, chanted "Freedom! Freedom! The people want the butcher tried!"
At least one protester was killed and 13 injured by pro-Saleh forces as they attempted to reach Saba junction.
A freelance reporter, based in Sanaa, told Al Jazeera that the protesters "were marching down a main road" when they encountered members of Saleh's Republican Guard.
What I was told is that one soldier opened fire on them with a machine gun without any warning," he said.
"There was no tear gas. There was no water cannon. Just bullets were fired straight away."
Elsewhere, three people were killed and three others were wounded early on Sunday in clashes, a tribal source said.
The deaths occurred in Yemen's second largest city Taiz, where fighting erupted overnight between armed tribesmen who have thrown their support behind anti-government protesters and security forces loyal to Saleh.
Sunday's violence follows an especially bloody day, when government forces attacked unarmed demonstrators camped in Change Square and the headquarters of defected soldiers - killing 18 civilians and 11 soldiers, as well as wounding nearly 200 others.
At least 144 people have been killed in seven days of continued violence in Yemen as protesters seek to topple Saleh's government.
On the other hand, Security Council’s statement emphasized the importance of the Gulf initiative’s role, Council members have also expressed their deep concern of  the continued deterioration  in the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen, in addition to the concern of  security situation, including the threat of al Qaeda in some parts of Yemen.
Saudi King, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, confirmed that the Gulf initiative is still a plan to resolve the crisis in Yemen.
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil Arab urged Yemeni president to respond to the call of the Gulf Cooperation Council and sign the Gulf initiative to resolve the crisis in Yemen.
Al Arabi confirmed In a meeting with the Arab Secretary General of the Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdul-Latif Al Zayani, during the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, the Arab League's support to the Gulf initiative, and called on all Yemeni forces and parties to stop all means of violence, and to engage in a serious dialogue to implement the initiative. ".