A new decision has been recently issued by the Yemeni authorities warning Yemeni-based companies and merchants not to import and export goods to Eritrea.
The London-based Middle East paper stated last week that the new decision is in the form of a letter given by diplomatic sources.
The letter has been issued by the governor of Aden, Taha Ahmed Ghanem.
The decision has been also directed to the Director of the Yemeni Costs Authority, the Chairman of the Industry and Commerce Chamber and the Manager of the Industry and Commerce in Aden. "According to the prime minister's directives, any food supplies, fuels, or equipment is not allowed to be exported to Eritrea. Any one who involves will be exposed for interrogation," the letter said.
Sources added that the decision that has been issued within the framework of the recent Tri-Sana'a Summit's decision among Yemen, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
The majority of the Yemeni exports to the Eritrean markets don't exceed chemical substances, foodstuff and the domestic manufacturing oil industries, which are at times smuggled.

BY MOHAMMED AL-MASANI
YEMEN TIMES STAFF
SANA'A - The Yemeni-Lebanese Brotherhood Association has received donations totaling to US $19,000 and YR 1.5 million.
The donations have come from international companies including Canadian Nexen, Consolidated Contractors International Company, CCC, al-Maz Group, Spacetel and other major companies operating in Yemen.
The Yemeni-Lebanese Brotherhood Association was established a year ago.
In his speech during a recent meeting of the association, Sheikh Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh talked about the main achievements during the last year, which have paved the way for deepening relations between Yemen and Lebanon whether social, economical or cultural.
Shiekh Yahya Mohammed promised the granting of scholarships for students of the two countries.
The main cultural activity of the association was the Lebanese Cultural Week held in Sheraton Hotel last May.
In addition, poetry and Lebanese soirees were performed at the Yemeni Cultural Center.
The activity was attended by the Lebanese Ambassador, a good number of Yemeni-Lebanese officials, the country manager of the CCC and a host of others.

BY ABDUH M. ASSABRI
YEMEN TIMES STAFF
The next ITU (International Telecommunication Union) event, Asia 2002, is being held in Hong Kong, China, from December 2 to 7.
The event aims to assist information and communication technology (ICT) leaders of tomorrow, and the IT is hosting a Youth Forum to bring together young men and women from each of the ITU members.
The ITU is the intergovernmental organization responsible for telecommunications development worldwide and has been a specialized agency of the United Nations since 1947.
Mr. Waleed Alrwaishan, Yemen's nominee for Youth Forum Telecom Asia 2002, said, "ITU is now planning to extend the reach and frequency of regional events, in order to bring the latest in telecommunications to an ever-wider audience in a growing number of countries around the world."
As part of its mission to improve global access to telecommunication services and economic and social benefits that come with this, the ITU organizes telecommunication events at a global and regional level on a regular basis.
TELECOM also remains an important element of ITU's continuing efforts to promote international telecommunications as a prime driver of global economic activity, in partnership with major players from the telecommunication and information technology industries.
Participants in the Youth Forum will visit the ITU TELECOM ASIA 2002 Exhibition during the Dec. 2 to 7 meeting, and will attend forum sessions of their choice. Four sessions will be specifically devoted to the Youth Forum, with the following themes:
-Training and Technology which comprises, Building Digital Capacities in Youth Telecommunications for Transformation and the Right to E-Vote.
-Regulation and Policy also centers around the Digital Divide, More than just a Technology Divide
-ICTs: Innovation, Adoption and Inclusion
-Financing and Investment revolves around Empowering ICT Entrepreneurs, Sharing the Digital Dividend and Unlocking Digital Opportunities.
-Social/Cultural Factors focuses on Youth: Problems to Solve or Problem-Solvers? and Content Creates Context

More than 80 people are dead from malaria in al-Qabaitah in the last two years.
Last month, four people died in the areas adjacent to the Arreed in Wadi Dhahran.
Health reports from the Al-Thowra Hospital in Arraheda, and hospitals from Lahej and Taiz indicate that the al-Qabaitah district ranked first in the spread of malaria.
The contamination of the water in these areas has become an environment of hospitable to all kinds of insects and epidemics including malaria.
The spread of such diseases is a result of ignorance by the concerned bodies.
The worst thing is that the people of these areas are poverty-stricken and therefore they can't afford medicines. There is not even a single water purification station. People are entirely depending on agriculture and animal husbandry.
The spread of malaria and other diseases in these areas has resulted in inescapable consequences unless there are cooperative efforts made by the concerned bodies, specially at the Ministry of Health.
More than 80 percent of the overall population in these areas depends on water which is basically contaminated.
In addition to this, people have depended on water from ditches, and thus exposed the dangers of many diseases.

A statement on the October Limburg attack by the Marine Navigation International Organization there has since been a decrease in the number of ships from and to Yemeni ports.
The report also indicates that the attack has already caused damage to the Yemeni economy due to an increase in insurance fees on ships.
The report confirmed that the organization will hold a conference in London next month to discuss security measures for sea transportation in the Middle East and minimize threats of the terrorist attacks against ships.

Economical studies indicate that Yemen could create a comprehensive mechanism for regulating Zakah, (the compulsory divine tax) its collection and its distribution to the needy and the poor.
This has come in accordance to studies conducted in this field and has proved that Zakat will reduce poverty significantly. The study added that the Zakah volume for 2000 reached to YR 2.4 billion.
Zakah is aimed basically to redistribute the Muslims' wealth so that the gap between the rich and the poor is bridged to a certain extent.
In Ramadhan, every fasting muslim, who is free from insanity and bondage must pay Zakat-ul Fitr on or before the 'Idl Fitr day.

The Yemeni Anti-normalization Committee has called for making the last Friday of Ramadhan each year as day to remember Jerusalem, a day when speeches and religious sermons will focus on the Israeli aggression in the Occupied Territories.

An Iftar reception was hosted at the al-Waleema Restaurant on November 27 in Sana'a.
It was attended by Mr. Abdulwahab Arrowhani, the Minister of Culture, Dr. Abdunaser al-Munaibari, the Minister of Public Health and Population, Ahmed al-Kuhalni, the Mayor of the Capital, Yemeni businessmen, officials, men of media, and a host of others.
The reception ceremony also dealt with the religious importance of supporting the Palestinian issue.
Many donations of money poured in for the Palestinian people, for their legal rights. Tens of millions of Yemenia rials were donated for the Palestinians during the Iftar reception hosted by Kana'an Association of Palestine.