Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has rejected another transition deal that would remove him from office. On Sunday, Saleh said he had refused to sign an agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council over what he called fears of a “civil war.” Earlier in the day, a group of Western and Gulf diplomats serving as mediators were trapped in an embassy in the capital, Sana’a, after being surrounded by armed government loyalists. They were rescued by helicopter.