Several key figures and lawmakers from Yemen's ruling elite have broken with embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh forming their own opposition party to support anti-government protests demanding his ouster. The new Justice and Development Bloc issued a statement on Monday demanding an end to Mr. Saleh's 32-year rule and opposing the suppression of street protests. At least 80 people were wounded in the Red Sea port of al-Hudaydah when security forces fired on protesters demanding Mr. Saleh's ouster. A high-level delegation from Yemen's ruling party is set to meet with mediators from the Gulf Cooperation Council today in the United Arab Emirates. Opposition leaders met Council Foreign Ministers in Saudi Arabia on Sunday without any breakthrough.