Yemen's president, facing growing unrest in southern provinces even as violence elsewhere fades, has offered to hold talks with southern separatists and hear their grievances, state media said Tuesday…"We say to them: Come talk with your brothers in the authority, and we will talk with you. We extend the hand of dialogue without (you) having to resort to violence or blocking roads or raising the flag of separation," President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an address at a military academy…The offer followed repeated clashes between government troops and southern separatists that left a trail of dead and wounded on both sides in recent weeks, as protests escalated and authorities rounded up scores of southern activists. Diplomats say previous offers for dialogue have not been followed by concrete action to address southern complaints that Sanaa neglects the region and treats southerners unfairly, including in property disputes, jobs and pension rights. - Reuters