The tribes of Bani Dhebyan and that of Derhm Bin Ghalib Al-Ahmar met yesterday with the President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Shiekh Abdulah Bin Hussein Al-Ahmar and other important social figures at the presidential palace to settle down the conflict between the two tribes. The problem resulted from the killing of Mr. Abdulkhalq Ahmad Mubarak Sharif in front of the Ministry of Local Administration around a month ago. As a result, the tension between the two tribes was very high. But the efforts of the president himself and Dar Al-Salam for Arbitration represented by Mr. Ghalib Al-Agdaa and others were successful in bringing the problem to an end. Shiekh Abdullah Al-Ahmar offered the tribe of Bani Dhibyan around 201 klashikoves and they accepted the solution in the traditional tribal way.

The First Forum on Arab Youth started yesterday in Sana'a. Delegations from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Bahrain, Tunisia, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and other Arabic countries had arrived in Sana'a to participate in this forum, which will last to August 4, 1999. During the first three days, a number of papers like Youth and Violence, Youth and Education, Youth and Drugs, Youth and Sexual Diseases and the Role of the Media in Increasing Awareness among the Youth, will be discussed. Mr. Abdul Karim Haomash, Vice President of the First Forum on Arab Youth, said that holding such a forum in Yemen was the first of its kind. This would be the first collective effort towards confronting a common issue faced by many Arab countries.

An extensive meeting was held last Friday July 30th, at Abdulaziz Al-Kabeer's house. Abdulaziz Al-Kabeer is the father of Abdullah Abdulaziz who was killed last Wednesday July 28th in the Al-Asbahi residential area at midnight. Abdullah was a victim of a clash between the followers of Mr. Naji Abdullah Assoufi, governor of Sanaa Governorate and the followers of General Saleh Ali Dahmash, Director of Khowlan Security. General Dahmash was accused of arresting Khowlan tribesmen and helping the Ministry of Interior in their apprehension. After a heated argument, firing took place and Abdullah was fatally shot. In their meeting, Khowlan's leaders were divided in their opinions. Some of them, who are known to be loyal to a well-known personality in the Ministry of Interior, suggested that they go to the President to ask him for the dismissal of the Minister of Interior. The majority, however proposed going to Khowlan in order to reach a settlement of the conflict between Assoufi and Dahmash by the traditional tribal customs. In addition to this, Khowlan leaders asked for punishment to be meted out to those responsible for arresting Khowlan's tribesmen.

In cooperation with the European Commission, the Ministry of Planning and Development and the Ministry of Electricity and Water have launched the Second Workshop on Electricity Renewable Resources. The seminar aims to work towards designing a policy and strategy for the power sector and the renewable energy resources. In the meantime, views will be exchanged over the power sector from August 1 through August 3 1999 in order to arrive to sound policies and strategies for the rapidly growing power sector. The workshop will be attended by several relevant personalities and institutions.
This workshop follows the Oil and Gas Conference in dealing with the Energy Sector.

The 11th Scientific Seminar of Taiz, ear, nose, and throat specialists was held on Monday, 26 July 99. Dr. Hasan Al-Udaini stated that the meeting was successful and many topics were discussed by many lecturers like Dr. Yasin Abdul-Warith, Dr. Reda Fathi, Dr. Abdul- Malik A. Wahid and Dr. Hasan Al-Udaini Himself.
The Chairman of the seminar was Dr. M. Abdo-Rabo and the seminar moderator was Dr. M. Al-Oodi.
Dr. Udaini thanked the attendants and Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries for sponsoring the seminar.

The students' unions are telling students not to pay the increased tuition fees endorsed by the universities for the new year 1999/2000. This act is abusive and has to be rejected for it is against the constitution and increases the financial burden upon students, the students' union's declared. The fees of the Scientific collages have increased from YR 500 to 8,000 and from YR 200 to 6,500 in the Humanities Colleges. The tuition fees are expected to increase to YR 10,000 next year, reliable resources said.