Yemenis begin to vote in presidential elections Profile: Yemen's presidential election candidate Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Employees i...

Yemenis begin to vote in presidential elections

Profile: Yemen's presidential election candidate Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi

Employees in a polling station prepare for the election in Sanaa, Feb. 20, 2012, a day before Yemen's one-candidate presidential election on Feb. 21. (Xinhua/Mohammed)

SANAA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Yemenis headed for the polling stations Tuesday morning to vote for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh with the aim of ending the one-year political crisis and pulling the impoverished country back from possible civil war.

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SANAA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the only candidate for Tuesday's presidential polls, has vowed to revive the country's shattered economy and intensify the fight against al-Qaida network in Yemen.

"(Tackling) the economic crisis will be my first priority... I will work to bring changes and a better future for our nation... and we ask our friendly donor countries for urgent aids," Hadi said Sunday in a speech.？