Yemen News

Faysal Amin Abou Rass is a diplomat who started his mission at the Yemeni embassy in Washington, holding simultaneously many positions in the domains of politics, economy and information. via Monday Morning

Mohammed Bin Sallam sallammoh@yahoo.com A scene from UAE and a site of Wadhi Dhar in Sana'a . Yemen has been fighting its way to join the Gulf countries council. via Yemen Times

Sheikh Hameed Ali Abdu, chairman of the General People's Congress in Shara'b Al-Salam district, confirmed the release of Abdul-Nasser Al-Qawsi, commander of central security in Taiz, along with six of his ... via Yemen Times

Posted in: Local News Written By: Abdul-Qawi Dahan Article Date: Dec 29, 2007 - 1:54:38 AM A total of 197 accidents took place during the period of December 15 - ' 22, which took lives of 74 people of whom were ... via Yemen Observer

Abdullah ibn Hussein Al-Ahmar, the 74-year-old speaker of Yemen's Parliament, died yesterday at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital of cancer, the Embassy of Yemen announced. via Arab News

Following favorable responses from gulf-based investors with respects to reforms in the Yemeni business and investment environment, the Government of Yemen is currently adopting an additional range of measures ... via Yemen Times

“Many passengers prefer paying less money for such transport, regardless of the dangers they might face”

Due to vehicles being overweight and carrying more than the appropriate number of passengers, 74 were killed and 356 injured in in traffic accidents between Dec. via Yemen Times

“Two foreign female MSF workers were kidnapped by armed men in central Bosasso. Policemen are chasing the kidnappers”

Two Somali women walk in a camp for Internally Displaced People in the outskirts of conflict torn Mogadishu 18 December 2007. via TurkishPress.com

Yemeni businessmen of Saudi origin and Saudi charities are having an impact on the health and education sectors in some of the poorest parts of Yemen, thanks to the various aid projects they fund. via AlertNet

New Delhi, Dec 25 : Archaeologists have discovered an ancient horse tooth, apart from a thousand of rare pieces during excavations at the area of Khamis Bani Sa'ad in Tehama district of Hodeidah province, ... via India Gazette

“There were two boats that left Puntland on 9 and 10 December. Both capsized and many, if not most, of those on board perished”

NAIROBI, 21 December 2007 - Somali and Ethiopian migrants continue to set out to Yemen from Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, despite the deadly risks and warnings from aid agencies, local ... via IRIN

SANAA * Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has decided to gradually reduce his consumption of the narcotic qat leaf after having medical tests in Germany, according to local press reports yesterday. via The Peninsula

“Yemen has achieved some success in combating malaria and could reduce incidents of the disease from 2 million to just 600,000 cases annually.”

This year, Socotra finally has become malaria-free, according to Yemen's Ministry of Health and Population last week. via Yemen Times

“The two men are dangerous elements of Al Qaida, and they are wanted for several security issues”

By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent Published: December 17, 2007, 22:54 Sana'a: Two men linked to Al Qaida have been arrested, security sources in Yemen said on Monday. via Gulfnews

“Under the rule of the GPC's successive governments, Yemen incurred despotism, corruption and price hikes, which encumbered, overburdened and doubled Yemen's suffering”

Thousands of locals and people from surrounding areas gathered last Friday in Tareem, Hadhramout, to hear opposition speeches about the current crisis in Yemeni and how to overcome it. via Yemen Times

“This year has been a particularly tragic one”

GENEVA : More than 1,400 migrants have drowned in the Gulf of Aden this year while trying to make the perilous journey to Yemen from the Horn of Africa, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. via International Herald Tribune

Likewise, another boat, belonging to Yemeni traders, carrying a huge quantity of pesticides made the same problem in the red see. via Yemen Times

“If the growth and fertility rates remain as they are now, the Yemeni population will reach 60 million by 2050”

The UNFPA and Women National Committee held a joint workshop on gender for media this week. via Yemen Times

“A translator with the journalist, Jama Hussein, has been released and brought information that they are asking for 70,000 dollars as ransom”

People crowd a refugee camp in Bosasso, Somalia, September 2007. An award-winning French journalist was abducted Sunday by unknown kidnappers in Bosasso, northern Somalia, where he was reporting on illegal ... via TurkishPress.com

“The nation-wide mass vaccination campaign is being led by the Ministry of Public Health and Population with the support of UNICEF, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), WHO and USAID”

Posted in: Front Page Written By: Thuria Ghaleb & Nasser Arrabyee Article Date: Dec 16, 2007 - 12:30:46 AM One of many Yemeni children receiving the two drops that can save a life. via Yemen Observer