Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, facing the most serious challenge to his 28-year rule, announced the arrest of a “terrorist” allegedly linked to his main election rival and promised a swift resolution of a French hostage crisis. Saleh charged that the man detained, whom he also linked to Al-Qaeda, had plotted attacks against US interests from his position as a bodyguard for Faisal bin Shamlan, a former oil minister who is standing for the combined opposition in Wednesday’s five-way presidential election. Full Story