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   Aden, weekly 2/2/99 (Independent) -A Thai fishing boat fled Yemeni territorial waters during the Eid Al Fitr holidays with its shipment without paying necessary dues. -British press reports claim that Yemeni security authorities were still tracing the whereabouts of more Britons which they said were involved in terrorist operations in the country. -24 citizens in Hodeida, including 11 children, were poisoned after eating bread from a bakery in Al Salakhana area. -The stealing of sheep in Houta, Lahaj governorate has been increasing recently in that city. Article Summary:
Sanaa, weekly 2/2/99 (People's Nasserite Unionist Organization) -More than 89,000 sacks of expired wheat have been sold in the local market in the past month. -A nine years old boy was killed in the tribal war that has raged for the past two weeks between Al Hanshat and Eyal Sayyad in Nahm, Sanaa governorate. Sources said that the war, in which heavy artillery was used, started when a Hanshat man was killed on the Sanaa-Mareb main road a week before. -The higher coordination council for the opposition parties in Hajja and Abyan governorates has denounced the Arab Foreign Ministers statement describing it as "degrading". -Sporadic firing between two areas in Sabir, Taiz governorate over ownership of a water project has led to the killing of a woman and a young man over the past three weeks. -The higher coordination council for the opposition parties in Aden discussed last week those parties' role in the upcoming meetings. Article Summary: A Deal is Struck in Aden Trial They added that the deal calls for avoiding any reference to the presence of relations with local parties including military leaders. The sources pointed out that numerous pressures were exerted to avoid further leakage of information from the court of justice. The security forces had stormed the group's hideout and freed the hostages, but four tourists were killed in the process.
Sanaa, weekly 3/2/99 (Official) -Yemen has officially cancelled entry facilities to British nationals. Britons wishing to visit Yemen should obtain a prior entry visa from the Yemeni embassy in London. -Security authorities have recently arrested 38 persons for forgery. The first one (16) was forging foreign currencies while the second (22) was forging the local currency. -The public money's attorney is continuing investigations with elements involved in the embezzlement of more than five million dollars of public money. -A senior official in the People's Nasserite Unionist Organization has told AL WEHDA that his party may differ with the President over local issues but agree with his Arab and Islamic stands as declared in his recent interview with an Arabic daily based in London. -A high level tourism official in Yemen has accused Britain of launching a defamation campaign against his country. -Yemen deports 3122 foreigners and seizes forged passports from the hands of fundamentalists.
Sanaa, weekly 2/2/99 (Independent) -An American researcher has claimed that the Yemeni government is keeping a copy of the Holy Quran that is different from what is known to Muslims but that it fears to disclose that information. The Yemeni government is being called upon to refute those allegations. -Foreign Ministry sources have refuted reports of tensions between our country and Saudi Arabia, describing the relations as "calm". -Yemen has lost 250 million dollars as a result of the recent wave of kidnapping foreign tourists, according to a senior tourism official. -A number of schools will be changed into vocational institutes to upgrade that education in the country. -The personal status administration is planning to issue new IDs for the Yemeni citizens within the few coming months following the reported loss of more than 100,000 old ones. -Yemen has paid all its foreign debt commitments for the year 1998 which amounted to 16 million dollars, according to the Central Bank's Governor.
Sanaa, weekly 31/1/99 (Independent) -The League of the Sons of Yemen has condemned the recent wave of kidnappings in the country, saying that it besmears Yemen's reputation and harms its foreign relations. -Numerous sheikhs and notables in Shabwa governorate have denounced the kidnapping of foreigners, considering it a nightmare that threatens the economic resources of the country. -A new rise in water prices in Yemen has been endorsed for this year. -Yemen has officially increased prices of the Hadhramaut crude oil by five cents for March shipments.
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Sanaa, weekly 4/2/99 (Yemeni Congregation for Reform-Islah) -The parliament members refused to discuss 30 laws that were issued during the parliamentary recess without any justifications. -A Hodeida court of justice imprisoned those accused of raping a girl between four to eight years and ruled that the girl should also be put in jail for six months for illegitimate privacy with another man. The latter had fled the scene when the four approached them. -Security authorities in Aden have arrested a gang accused of making and selling alcohol. -The remains of an old woman,70, was found four months after her death in Qaeda, Ibb governorate. |