mr. vasquez and many like him watch and wait while a situation out of their hands continues to unfold. >>s been anger on the streets of yemen has hundreds of people protested a rise in fuel costs. the price almost doubled in fact. the government has promised a salary rise, though, to help offset the higher gas prices. >>> a tankering kraring oil from the kurdish region of iraq is in legal limbo off of the coast of texas in the us. the judge said it's too far offshore and can only be taken if it enters u.s. water. the u.s. state department has referred the case back to the central government of iraq and the semiautonomous kurdish region to resolve for themselves. >> our policy remains the same. there is obviously a legal case here, and given that we certainly recommending that the parties make their own decisions with advice from their counsel. our policy position remains the same, which is that, you know, we believe that -- that oil should be transferred through the central government of iraq, but again, this is a case where because it's not in our jurisdiction, there's little we can do a