Abdo JanadiBay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:people/abdo_janadiDeadly blast overshadows Yemen leader swearing-intag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/25/Deadly_blast_overshadows_Yemen_leader_8d83A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle outside a presidential palace in southeastern Yemen on Saturday, killing 26 elite troops and overshadowing the swearing in of the first new president in Sanaa since 1978.2012-02-25T15:38:26ZAFP Global Editionby Hammoud MounassarNew Yemen president vows no let-up against Qaedatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/25/Yemen_president_vows_let-up_against_4a10Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi vowed to press the fight against Al-Qaeda in Yemen as he took the oath on Saturday as the first new president in Sanaa since 1978 after a year of turmoil and bloodshed.2012-02-25T11:54:51ZAFP Global Editionby Hammoud MounassarSole candidate gets 99.8% in Yemen votetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/24/Sole_candidate_gets_998_Yemen_87d9The sole candidate in Yemen's presidential election on Tuesday, Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, received 99.8 percent of the valid votes cast, the country's electoral commission announced on Friday.2012-02-24T19:10:32ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff ReporterYemen's Saleh to hand power to successor Mondaytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/24/Yemens_Saleh_hand_power_successor_7de5Veteran Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is to hand power to his successor Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Monday, the electoral commission said, before the results of a single-candidate presidential poll have even been announced.2012-02-24T14:44:57ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter