to the next a country less powerful,

compassionate

, competitive and confident. Mr Huntsman has yet to spell out what solutions he's proposing. He also has some hurdles to overcome. Until recently he served President Obama, and his views on civil partnerships and putting a price on carbon will be difficult for many Republican voters to accept.

The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she supports a campaign by Saudi women to win the right to drive. Mrs Clinton praised the courage of dozens of women who drove through Saudi streets last week in protest against current restrictions.

"What these women are doing is brave, and what they are seeking is right, but the effort belongs to them. I am moved by it, and I support them, but I want to

underscore

the fact that this is not coming from outside their country. This is the women themselves seeking to be recognised."

A campaign group, Saudi Women for Driving, said their challenge to the authorities was inspired by the wave of protests sweeping through the Arab world.

The International Organisation for Migration says it's evacuating thousands of Ethiopian migrants who've been trapped in Yemen. It says it's already

repatriate

d 275 Ethiopians, some of whom had gunshot wounds. Yemen has seen months of unrest as President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to

bow to

pressure from protesters to step down. Two Somali migrants were killed in the capital Sanaa last month. Yemen has long been a major transit point for illegal migration from the Horn of Africa.