1.   But rather than heralding a crackdown on free speech, analysts and politicians say, the government-media conflicts are growth pains that every young democracy must endure.

2.   Free elections are an affirmation that democracy endures through war and terror.

3.   Many Yemenis saw the vote as a indicator of whether their fledgling democracy could endure in the poor country on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula.

4.   Many Yemenis see the vote as a key indication of whether its fledgling democracy can endure in this poor country on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula.

5.   Many Yemenis saw the vote as a indicator of whether their fledgling democracy could endure in this poor country on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula.

6.   Many Yemenis see the vote as a key indication of whether democracy can endure in this poor country on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula.

7.   Many Yemenis saw the vote as a indicator of whether their fledgling democracy could endure.

8.   Many Yemenis see the vote as a key indication of whether their fledgling democracy can endure in their poor country on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula.