Yemen's election may be delayed SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Yemen's foreign minister says that presidential elections may be put on hold due to widespread security problems. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told al-Arabiya TV on Tuesday that if security problems within the country were not resolved, it would be difficult to carry on with elections. The Yemeni town of Radda and parts of the Abyan province have fallen under the control of militants linked to al-Qaida. Critics of the current President Ali Abdullah Saleh accuse him of allowing the seizures to take place in order to give strength to his claim that an end to his 33-year rule will lead to chaos. The BBC reports security forces controlled by Saleh and his family have been accused of killing anti-government protesters. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells Voice of America that Saleh has failed to follow up on agreements to leave Yemen and allow an election to proceed.