Thousands protest against Houthi rule in Yemen after embassies close

By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Yemenis in the central city of Taiz and the capital Sanaa held the largest protests yet against a takeover by a Shi'ite Muslim militia group on Wednesday after the United States, Britain and France shut their embassies in Yemen over security fears. The Iranian-backed Houthi movement has called its seizure of power in Yemen a "revolution" and says it wants to rid the country of corruption and economic peril. Yemen has long been at the forefront