Yemen president, tribal chief agree to end clashes

A mediator says Yemen's president and the country's most powerful tribal leader have agreed to end five days of urban gun battles that killed at least 124 people and threatened to push the country into civil war.

The battles began when President Ali Abdullah Saleh's security forces attacked the home of Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, a former ally who had abandoned the president and joined the protesters calling for his ouster. Armed tribesmen fought back and seized control of the Hassaba neighborhood of the capital, Sanaa. (AP)