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Current date: Friday May 09, 2008 - Issue: (1153), Volume 18 , From 8 May 2008 to 11 May 2008

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Innocent child imprisoned and tortured by police
SANA’A, May 7 — Thirteen-year-old Muneef didn’t know that running a simple neighborhood errand would lead to severe torture in prison – or the “tomb of the living,” as some call it.

It has been over a week since the teenager’s tragedy began, and today he is still behind bars for a crime he was proven not to have committed. Full Story...

Amid worsening human situation in Sa’ada
Government continues dispatching more troops and artillery

SA’ADA, May 7 — The human situation is worsening throughout Sa’ada governorate as the army and Houthis continue to entrench in valleys and highlands, preparing for further fighting, local sources said, adding that citizens began gathering food and water and digging shelters, predicting worse conditions. Full Story...

Health minister praises accomplishments without citing studies


SANA’A, May 5 — Minister of Health and Population Abdulkarim Rasa’ says Yemen’s health service coverage has improved from 56 percent to 78 percent, although he admits that this information isn’t based on any recent studies. Full Story...
Yemen food prices remain high despite global decrease
SANA’A, May 7 — Although the price of wheat and rice has decreased globally by 40 percent this month and Minister of Trade Yayha Al-Mutawakkil recently traveled to Pakistan to lobby for more food imports, stable cereal prices will remain high in Yemen for the time being. Full Story...

OUR VIEWPOINT
By Editor

A desperate system’s last gasp
One of the probable explanations to the regular security attacks happening around the country is that they are triggered by people in the government in order to prove that the country is out of control and hence, legitimise any oppressive actions and new laws. Full Story...

COMMON SENSE
By Hassan Al-Haifi

May God Have Mercy on the People of Sa’ada
They really need a respite from all this suffering

Yemen is going further into the abyss as the war merchants of the land carry on their calamitous games of fortune while needlessly spilling Yemeni blood by the gallons, without regards to such concepts as the right to live, the right of free worship and the right for redress from all the wrongs done against them. Full Story...


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