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SANA'A,NewsYemen
Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi has appreciated US and British positive declarations about security situation in Yemen and expressed hope that France and other countries will follow them.
In an interview with NewsYemen, al-Qirbi said that US declared the return of its diplomats to Yemen and praised the successful performance of Yemeni security and the arrest of al-Qaeda militants. "So I hope |
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| SANA'A, NewsYemen
Minister of Local Administration said that 90 percent of Sa'ada province is now under the state's control and that matters are getting better from day to day", but admitted that some "security difficulties" are still exist.
In a meeting with resident coordinator of the United Nations and resident representative of UNDP in Yemen Pratibha Mehta, minister Abdul-Qader Hilal welcomed the idea of coordin |
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SANA’A, NewsYemen
The al-Qaeda in Yemen, Yemen’s Soldiers Brigades, has threatened to revenge for killing five of its operatives and arresting two in clash with security forces two weeks ago in Tarim of southeastern Hadramout province.
In a statement posted by al-ekhlaas.net on Tuesday and attributed to Abu Osama said: “We vow to operate a reprisal operation very soon, if God willing. The news is what you see, no |
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| SANA'A, NewsYemen
Participating politicians in a forum on “Constitutional Amendments”, held at the Yemeni Democratic Institute (YDI) in Sana’a on Monday, criticized a draft of new constitutional amendments being discussed.
“It is disgraceful to make five amendments to the constitution after 18 years since unified Yemen has been established”, said head of the YDI Ahmad al-Sufi.
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SANA’A, NewsYemen
Members of the Parliament for the ruling party have voted by a massive majority to cancel the new draft of election law that contains some amendments and approved the current valid one.
The Parliament also approved the GPC’s list of 15 candidates for the membership of the Supreme Committee for Election and Referendum (SCER) that should be reshuffled prior to the parliamentary election schedul |
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SANA'A, NewsYemen
The blocs of Joint Meeting Parties, opposition coalition, on Saturday agreed to join the Parliament's session on Sunday on election law amendments after President Saleh had ordered to release "political" detainees.
Although opposition parties have boycotted for weeks the Parliament's discussion on election law amendments in protest to GPC-added articles to election draft law, forming election co |
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Hadramout, NewsYemen
Two soldiers and one suspect were killed and others were injured on Monday in fire exchange between security forces and al-Qaeda suspects in Sayoun of the south-eastern province of Hadramout, official source said.
Governor of Hadramout, Salim al-Khanbashi, said that security forces surrounded a house in Edeed area of Sayoun where a group of suspects were hiding and exchanged fire with them. |
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SANA'A, NewsYemen
A recent report said that some challenges continue to make the participation of women in public life, particularly in economic terms, limited compared to men.
The report, published by the Supreme Women Council along with the Women’s National Committee on “Status of Yemeni Women 2007”, said that “the equitable participation remains a challenge due to traditional cultures, in addition to challeng |
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| SANA'A, NewsYemen
Insecurity and fierce fighting in the northern governorates of Yemen have had a dramatic effect on the civilian population in recent months, forcing more people to flee the area. More than 15,500 displaced persons are currently living under difficult conditions in camps near Sa'ada city and thousands more are scattered around the governorates. The lack of clean water and medical care are particularly |
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SANA'A, NewsYemen
The Parliament on Monday approved recommendations of the Facts Inspection Committee about consequences of a security tension occurred last week in Abyan province, south of Yemen.
The recommendations focused on compensating families of security police who were killed as well as citizens who get their houses destroyed due to forces raids, arresting all "outlaws" who caused the security tension an |
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| SANA’A, NewsYemen
The Court of Appeals, specialized in terrorism issues, delayed looking into a request by the defense lawyer of journalist Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani to release him until November 2008.
The court took the decision in an appeal session on Tuesday on the case of 15 people, called Sana’a Second Cell, convicted by a primary court of forming an armed group to attack country’s interests and supporting rebels |
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| DJIBOUTI, NewsYemen
Chairman of the Middle East Development Company, Tarek Mohammed Bin Laden, half-bother of Osama bin Laden, said that "competition on building a bridge across the Red Sea to link Africa with the Arabian Peninsula is going on".
In a press conference held on Monday in Djibouti on launching the project and attended by Djibouti's Prime Minister Deleita Mohammed Deleita, Bin Laden said the project, to |
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| SANA’A, NewsYemen
Chairwoman of the Women National Committee Hurria Mashhor on Monday called on the so-called “Virtue Committee” to dialogue with all civil society organizations that have concerns about women issues.
Mashhor’s call came after the virtue committee distributed a booklet calling for cancelling women’s quota in the Parliament and local councils, which Yemeni women continue striving to get.
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| SANA'A, NewsYemen
The Yemeni Center for Strategic Studies (YCSS) on Sunday launched its annual report for 2007 that dealt with issues including public protests, war in Sa’ada, and dialogue between political parties over forming election committee and election amendments and other issues.
A number of politicians and intellectuals attended the report launching ceremony. The report considered protests and peaceful st |
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| HADRAMOUT, NewsYemen
Governor of Hadramout accused al-Qaeda in Yemen of attacking security police compound in Sayoun city of Hadramout, south of Yemen, Friday Morning killing a policeman and injuring 17 others including women.
Security sources that NewsYemen called for details talked about the al-Qaeda’s proclamation last April claiming its responsibility for throwing three bombs to the same compound. They said tha |
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| SANA’A, NewsYemen
Members of the Parliament, from the ruling party and opposition, accused the government of “not applying the law of kidnapping and using public funds to deal with some cases of kidnap”.
MPs’ accusations came two days after armed people belong to Bani Dhabian tribe of Sana’a kidnapped the son of businessman Tawfiq al-Khamiri, Omer, from the capital Sana’a and managed to escape.
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