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   Sanaa, weekly 7/2/99 (Federation of Popular Forces) -A responsible source in the Federation of Popular Forces has refuted claims by daily Al Mithaq, mouthpiece of the ruling People's General Conference (PGC) that a number of Federation leaders had joined the PGC. -Kuwait praises stands of the Yemeni government during the recent Arab Foreign Ministers' meeting in Cairo. -The oxidization of hydrocarbons and salty soil in Aden as a result of operating a fuel station in the salt drainage area will lead to kidney and liver failures among inhabitants there in the long run, according to Green Yemen environmentalist group. -Two children were injured in a powerful explosion in Habra area, Sanaa ten days ago. -The public attorney is still investigating the loss of 1.15 million dollars from the Aden ports authority. -Extremist groups in Aden held a massive festival in Tawwahi two weeks ago in which speeches were delivered urging the present youngsters to shed the blood of liquor sellers and consumers. Article Summary:
Sanaa, weekly 9/2/99 (League of the Sons of Yemen) -Investigations are still underway over the huge fire that destroyed house of former President of South Yemen Ali Nasser Mohammed in Aden recently amid reports that it was premeditated. -The Dental Section in Hodeida Thawra Hospital is still closed for the third consecutive week at the pretext that its administration is not able to purge the Section's equipments which are contaminated with the AIDS virus. -The release of eight western hostages in Marib was the result of a tribale mediation and in return for six million rials and a number of expensive vehicles. -The coastal governorates are receiving increasing numbers of refugees fleeing war-stricken areas in the Horn of Africa with no apparent care on the part of the government.
Aden, weekly 9/2/99 (Independent) -The land plot given to an investor in Mimlah area in Aden to construct a petrol station will cost the government one million dollars in lost revenues yearly other than the damage to the environment. -The body of a soldier was found in Qaataba, Dali' governorate recently with both hands and feet cut off. -A committee formed by the Aden oil company is currently investigating the feared embezzlement of millions of rials. -The Dean of one of the Aden University faculties was caught in an immoral act with one of his faculty's female employees. -Overland transport employees in Lahj governorate have been on strike for the past two weeks protesting the non-payment of their salaries for the past six months.
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Sanaa, weekly 9/2/99 (Independent) -Yemen's foreign currency reserves have exceeded one billion dollars, according to the Central Bank Governor. -Yemen and Eritrea have ended a week ago bilateral consultations on the demarcation of their sea borders. -Yemen's oil revenues have been slashed by more than 50% from 1.1 billion dollars in 1997 to 453.8 million dollars in 1998, statistics by the Oil Ministry indicated. -Diplomatic sources said that the British intelligence was plotting a conspiracy against Yemen in collusion with a hostile intelligentsia.
Sanaa, weekly 7/2/99 (Independent) -A released Dutch hostage has said that Yemeni tribesmen want to kidnap the American Ambassador to Sanaa or any other Embassy personnel. -Prices of petrol will rise from 700 to 1000 rials per each 20 liters, according to unidentified sources. -Many people have appealed to the President of the country to reverse the recent Yemenia decision raising prices of air tickets of domestic flights by 20% and foreign ones by 8% especially when it comes less than a year of another price hike of 50% in April 1998. -Western oil companies in Yemen have adopted extreme precautionary measures and warned their foreign employees in anticipation of kidnap attempts. -Yemen's foreign debt has been steadily increasing lately and the country's foreign currency reserves have decreased from 1.2 billion dollars by end of 1997 to around one billion dollars at present. Article Summary:
Sanaa, weekly 9/2/99 (People's Nasserite Unionist Organization) -A senior level Red Cross delegation is currently on a three weeks visit to Yemen to evaluate services of blood transfusion in the country. -The Yemeni society for the defense of human rights have called for arresting the culprits who assaulted brother of journalist Mohammed Saleh Al Hadry. -Well informed sources said that Premier Dr. Abdul Karim Al Iryani has been under treatment for the past few days from severe malaria fever. However, other sources said that the Premier was staying at home in protest against pressures exerted on him from influential parties in the state. -Two prisoners in Ibb governorate were killed when they tried to escape the central prison holding a grenade against whoever intercepts their escape. The guards said that they had to fire at the two prisoners, who are sentenced to death for murder of four persons of one family last year, to prevent their escape. -The Ministry of Supplies and Commerce has said that it never sold expired wheat to the public in response to the paper's report in that regard. -The higher coordination council of the opposition parties, Dali' branch has denounced the army 35th brigade's provocation against citizens in that governorate which the council added contradict democratic values and human rights.
Sanaa, weekly 11/2/99 (Al Haq Party) -21 UN and World Bank employees have shifted their headquarters from Asmara to Sanaa last week following the military clashes that erupted recently between Eritrea and neighboring Ethiopia. -Hodeida fishermen have complained to the governor that foreign fishing boats, mostly Egyptian, were destroying the country's fishing wealth through improper fishing practices. -Inhabitants of the Nuqum area in Sanaa have appealed to the President, Ali Abdullah Saleh to interfere and end seizure of their lands at the pretext of investment. -The UNHCR is organizing a workshop in Aden in the period February 13-17 to highlight rights and duties of refugees in addition to host countries.
Sanaa, weekly 11/2/99 (Yemeni Socialist Party) -A dialogue is ongoing between the authorities and the Aden Abyan Islamic Army to resolve pending issues. The Army's chief Abul Hassan is currently tried in Aden for the abduction and killing of foreign tourists. -The army exchanged fire with armed citizens in Khawlan area last Wednesday, reasons of which were not known. -Closure of a mosque and the arrest of 15 extremists in Aden. -House of former Minister of Housing and YSP central committee member Mohammed Saeed Abdullah Hajeb is still occupied by an army brigadier since early last December.
Sanaa, weekly 11/2/99 (Yemeni Congregation for Reform-Islah) -Dhamar is to celebrate its first collective wedding, grouping 80 brides and bridegrooms. -Three students in Amran governorate attempted to commit suicide following weak mid term examination results, but only one succeeded and the two others were saved. -Armed men from Bani Dhabyan tribe opened intensive fire at the security department building in Rada' last week injuring two citizens. -A parliamentary report held the Ministry of Culture and Tourism responsible for the robbery of the country's ancient antiquities and scripts.
Sanaa, weekly 11/2/99 (Yemeni Armed Forces) -British Prime Minister Tony Blair has affirmed to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during their brief meeting at the periphery of Jordanian monarch King Hussein's funeral that recent regretful incidents would not affect Yemeni-British relations. -A Yemeni peace initiative was tabled to resolve the Eritrean-Ethiopian border disputes, according to Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Ba Gammal. -The German Foreign Minister has described his talks in Sanaa as "very successful". -Premier Dr. Abdul Karim Al Iryani is in Germany for medical check ups after being treated from malaria. -The Dhamar University is to host a seminar on Kidnapping and its effects on the country and citizens in the period February 20-23. -Tourist groups from France, Italy, Germany and Britain have arrived in Yemen as of this month. -Apparently confession is no longer a valid legal reason for imprisonment in Yemen. An employee in a Hodeida bank, who confessed to stealing more than 35 million rials from depositors' money, was set free by the police! -The security authorities have detected 62 explosions or explosion attempts in Aden, Interior Minister Hussein Arab disclosed. He added in an interview with the weekly that the security apparatuses in various governorates were on full alert to prevent future kidnappings in the country. |