A rally Sunday by separatists at the southern tip of Yemen.<br /> <br />Thousands of protesters at the southern port city of Aden wave the flag of South Yemen, which unified with the North in 1990.<br /> <br />They're calling for independence for South Yemen.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER AND ADEN RESIDENT, ARSLAN AL-SULIMANI, SAYING:<br /> <br />"We came out today to prove to the whole world and to our people that this peaceful move is part of a campaign towards freedom and independence."<br /> <br />A 1994 civil war failed to reverse the unification...and now the 2011 Arab Spring protests have revitalized the movement.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER FROM ADEN, ABDULLAH AL-DIANI, SAYING:<br /> <br />"These steps will start from the bottom up. Next is to take civil disobedience on all southern land, after that to take control on all institutions peacefully."<br /> <br />Yemen's central government is run mostly by Houthis native to the country's northern highlands.<br /> <br />They have taken control of government
