But Mr Saleh's son, Ahmed, still commands the elite Republican Guard, and three of the president's nephews hold powerful posts in the security service.

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Ahmed Abdullah Saleh, the son of Yemen's president, runs both the country's Republican Guard and an elite commando unit.

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"We turned the ball over a ton, and I thought our spacing was horrendous in the second half, " said Boston coach Doc Rivers, citing a pair of problems that an elite, or even solid, point guard would eliminate.

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Magic Johnson in his prime would be too slow to play point guard in today's locomotive landscape, just as Larry Bird would be too slow to guard any of today's elite small forwards.

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They would match the elite front court of Chandler, Stoudemire and Anthony with a C-list guard duo of Landry Fields and, for now, Toney Douglas, since Chauncey Billups would have to be jettisoned for salary-cap purposes.

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