WEEKLY GROSS-OUT: The amount of time it took

Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave for the United States and give way to a successor, hours after his forces killed nine people demanding he be tried for killings of protesters over the past year. But Mr Saleh, who agreed to step down last month under a deal cut by his wealthier neighbours who fear civil war in Yemen will affect them, did not say when he would depart and vowed to play a political role again, this time opposed to a new government. I don't know if he will leave for America, but the time it's taking for that nutjob to just step down already is inexcusable. Maybe democracy will finally come to Yemen if there's a better president.