Tense Impasse In Yemen |  During a Mideast trip earlier this month, FBI Director Robert Mueller made an unpublicized detour to Yemen in order to press an issue of serious concern to Washington: why has the Yemeni government refused ...
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JMP:' At least 30 were killed, 487 arrested' |  a rally which was held on Wednesday and Thursday, JMP leaders said that the authorities suppressed their activities in various provinces, leaving 25 killed, 47 wounded and ....
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|  Two female Japanese tourists were kidnapped Wednesday by unknown assailants in Yemen's Marib province east of the country's capital of San'a, a Yemeni ...
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Troubles pile up in Yemen |  This year, Yemen’s President Ali Abdallah Saleh, 66, celebrates his 30th year in power -- a record of political longevity beaten among Arab heads of state only by Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya’s ...
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Terrorism report on Yemen for 2007 |  Yemen’s 2007 counterterrorism record was mixed. The Republic of Yemen took action against al-Qa’ida (AQ) and local extremists, arresting and killing several individuals suspected of having AQ ties, and prosecuted the perpetrators of previous terrorist acts. However, significant ..
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NGOs demands to free all political prisoners |  In a statement, they declared their solidarity with political prisoners who were detained in a way which is inconsistent with all international conventions, demanding to immediately free top leaders of the Yemeni Social ...
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JMP condemns Saada bomb |  Yemen's opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has denounced the incident of bombing worshipers of Bin Salman mosque in which dozens were left dead and ...
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New era in Iran-Yemen relations |  The political and geographical significance of Iran and Yemen in the region and the historical commonalties of the two nations and beliefs have opened new perspectives...
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YJS to hold meeting to discuss violations |  Saeed Thabit, first deputy of the YJS, said that violations committed against journalists and newspapers in increase, pointing to the most recent event which was an infringement against the reporter of ...
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NDI Director: Governors elections are a hasty decision |  Alsahwa.net- Demeterof explained that NDI agrees with JMP viewpoints concerning elections of governors, that he believe that JMP is not against the process of electing governors, and that it demands only a clear and ...
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Bin Laden's brother plans bridge over Red Sea |  Tarek, a Saudi construction magnate, has been lobbying the Yemen and Djibouti governments to back the project, which would create a direct link between Arabia and east Africa, without the need to ...
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Yemen's opposition holds rally in Dhamar |  Dhamar,Alsahwa.net – Hossain Sanad, senior leader of JMP, called all people to participate in saving the state from falling due to wrong policies adopted by the ruling party, warning of serious …
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Two killed in Arman clashes |  Local sources in Amran governorate affirmed that a clash broke out Thursday between the security forces and ...
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Medical report warns of Al-Moayad's deteriorating health |  Alsahwa.net- Sheikh Mohammad al-Moayad, detained in the United States five years ago, has described in a letter recently sent to Alsahwa.net that he lives in the worst and most painful prison, the Colorado prison, affirming that the difficult conditions of prison based in New York prevented ...
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Six students arrested in Radfan |  Aden, Alsahawa.net- Yemen's security forces arrested on Monday six students at the education faculty in Radfan district as they took part in a demonstration in solidarity ...
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YEMEN: Efforts to reduce air pollution |  The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) is working to reduce air pollution caused by vehicle emissions and thus save on associated health costs amounting to an estimated US$100 million ...
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UN closes some offices in Yemen |  The United Nations Development Programme headquarters in Yemen and other UN headquarters have been closed down due to security concerns, according to ...
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Qatari delegation to leave Yemen |  Sana'a, Alsahaw.net –It is reportedly said that the Qatari team mandated to broker between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels will leave Yemen after reaching ...
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Saudi border guards kill Yemeni |  Sheikh Abdullah Jasar said that Al-Jawf tribes refuse to receive the corpus of Ali Motib who was killed by Saudi guards, pointing out that a companion ...
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Al Qaeda in Yemen: Mercenaries or Terrorists? |  The dichotomy of viewpoints between Yemeni and Western analysts on the recent outbreak of terror attacks in Yemen is pronounced. An article at the Counter Terrorism Center at West Point finds that “Al Qaeda in Yemen...
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Yemen: Multiple attacks on freedom of expression |  ARTICLE 19 is alarmed by the recurring attacks against
freedom of expression in Yemen. In the past week alone, Ms.
Tawakkol Karman (Director of the NGO Women Journalists
Without Chains) received death threats from an unknown
caller, the comedian Fahd Al-Qarni
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Open sit-in in solidarity with political prisoners |  Dozens of the Joint Meeting parties' leaders of Hodaida province staged Thursday at a headquarters of the Yemeni Social Party, an open sit-in in solidarity with political prisoners recently detained in some..
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Yemen's opposition refuses law amendment |  It considered the amendment approval a trick crafted by the ruling party in order to stay in the current situations, accusing, in the meantime, the authorities of avoiding problems solutions..
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YSU is to announce blacklist of rights perpetrators |  In a press release, YSU said that the symposium in which senior academics would take part would discuss a project of universities guards, adding that a blacklist of those who violate rights and student freedoms ...
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JMP rules out protest ban decisions |  Yemen's opposition parties, JMP, have considered a recent project of local councils amendments presented by the government to the parliament meaningless and a breach to its prior promises...
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WJWC calls for weekly sit-ins |  It further called journalists and human rights activists to sit in every Wednesday before the cabinet in solidarity with Al-Wasat paper, considering the decision one among other violations committed by Yemen's authorities against ...
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Sana'a refuses extraditing al-Badawi, Washington Cancels Yemen's FM visit |  Well-informed sources told Alsahwa.net that Washington cancelled a visit of the Yemen's foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, to Washington which was set to be in mid-April, indicating that this step was taken as Yemen rejected extraditing an FBI wanted, Jamal al-Badawi, suspected of bombing the USS Cole destroyer in the ...
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Yemeni poet chased by security |  Yemen's security services have been following up a poet, Fuad al-Himiari, since two weeks on charges of sedition and inciting.
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IPI condemns canceling Al-Wasat's license |  The International Press Institute (IPI expressed, in press release deep concern about y concerned about the decision by the Ministry of Information to cancel the license of the Yemeni ...
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Shootout between military and gunmen |  Three gunmen were arrested while they were heading to the house of the governor of , Mohammad Shamlan to explain the reasons behind their act...
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FBI director demands to extradite Al-Badawi |  US Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller asked during his meeting with the Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh On Wednesday to extradite Jamal al-Badawi who is suspected with bombing the USS Cole destroyer in the Yemeni port of Aden in order to prosecute him in an American court, U.S. ....
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Yemen receives 170 children from Saudi |  Yemeni authorities received 157 children from Saudi Arabia during the first quarter of the current year. The children were trafficked to Saudi in order to work ...
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Yemen president wants an end to protest riots |  Yemen's president on Thursday called for dialogue instead of violence, in response to a wave of riots in the south of the impoverished country that have left dozens injured. "Instead of demonstrations, burning tyres and cutting off roads, those who have a complaint
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JMP bloc boycotts meeting with president |  The parliamentary bloc of the Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint Meeting parties, declared Thursday that it would not attend a meeting to be held with president ...
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YOHR asks for immediately release political prisoners |  The Yemen Observatory for Human Rights ,local organization, has asked Yemen's authorities to immediately free all political prisoners, stressing the importance of having a fair and all-out investigation regarding all violations ..
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Three wounded, 12 arrested in Taiz |  Three protestors were injured and 13 others were arrested including a former member of parliament, Mohammad al-Rasini, when Taiz province's security forces dispersed Monday protestors ...
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Taiz crowds to sit in before PSO |  The Joint Meeting Parties in Taiz called all its members, supporters and civil society organization to sit in on Sunday before the Taiz headquarter of the Political Security Organization in solidarity with ...
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Will Yemen Pact Pave Way to Brighter Future? |  Representatives from Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed a pact last week in Yemen that aims to pave the way to reconciliation between Hamas and the PLO's main faction, Fatah, after ...
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|  If the prosecution knows that al-Bana'a was not involved in the case, then it is better to clear him..
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The View from Yemen - Hamas, Fatah; War on Terror |  For a brief moment it appeared that a major breakthrough in negotiations to reconcile Fatah with Hamas had been achieved with the signing of an agreement in Yemen. It appeared that the only remaining question was whether or not the agreement meant that there would be a full return to the unity government in both Gaza and the West Bank that existed before ...
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Unknown epidemic kills 15 children |  A member of local council in Dhamar governorate, Nasser al-Awla, said that the health office was informed about the unknown epidemic ...
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My life in al-Qa'eda, by bin Laden's bodyguard |  Many have claimed intimate knowledge of bin Laden over the years. But in the case of Nasser al Bahri, a bearded and slightly portly 35-year-old taxi driver who lives in Yemen, the claim is not tainted by ...
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Islah Shoura Council calls for escalating peaceful struggle |  The Shoura Council of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform(Islah), the Yemen's main opposition party, has called Islah and the Joint Meeting Parties' members to escalate peaceful struggle and stand by the oppressed people, stressing the importance ...
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JMP slams regime's wrong polices |  The alliance of Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, held a meeting on Wednesday in which it stressed the importance of ending harmful
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Aden-Abyan leader targeted |  Khalid Abdul-Nabi , leader of the so-called Aden-Abyan Armey has accused Yemen's security of targeting him .He along with his escorts were ...
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Cheney casts doubt on Fatah-Hamas reconciliation |  U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney, wrapping up a 10-day trip in the Middle East, said it's unlikely that Hamas will become a legitimate partner for peace, even as the Palestinian group tries to ...
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Yemen intensifies media oppression |  Yemen's government has intensified its oppression of the media in recent weeks, banning the distribution of several publications, blocking a website and arresting ...
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Reporters Without Borders: Yemen - Annual report 2008 |  Journalists in the capital, Sanaa, have renamed as “Freedom Square” an intersection near government buildings. Since the regime blocked access to several Internet websites in June 2007 and banned mobile phone news services, freedom of expression activists have met every Tuesday at the spot to protest. Several gatherings have ...
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Five troops injured in Abyan |  Five troops were injured in a bomb attack on Tuesday targeted a government compound in Abyan Governorate.
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Tehama elders absent from Husseinia festival |  Tehama sheiks and elders did not attend al-Hosinia festival for camel race and folk activities organized Saturday in Tehama, Hodaida province, protesting what they called land plundering,..
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UN : Yemen at risk of climate change |  report of UN stated that Yemen is particularly at risk of climate change given its existing low income levels, rapidly growing population and ...
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Yemen’s agricultural sector faces challenges as a result of changes in rainfall patterns and an extended low temperature season in recent ...
Yemeni Information Minister, Hasan al-Lawzi , has ordered to not let Alwasat newspaper printed, despite a sentence issued last Saturday annulling ...
Tow children, Monif ,13-year-old, and Saddam , 15-year-old, were held in Sana'a .They were enforced to confess to the theft under torture due to personal disagreement between their father ...
The European Commission launches on Wednesday a press conference on the occasion of annual Lorenzo Natali prize for journalists writing on topics of human rights and ..,
Coalition of the Yemeni opposition parties, JMP, is to hold sit-ins on Wednesday and Thursday in protest at political arrests and detentions practiced ...
Sources of the ruling party, GPC, have affirmed that severe disagreements intensified in the wake of declaring the ruling party's candidates for governor elections 
Local sources said that security forces haunted down Yahya al-Sawmali on charges of linking to those who confronted security ...
Alsahwa.net- U.S. embassy spokesman, Ryan Gliha, expressed sorrow as more than 100 violations committed by official and unofficial authorities against Yemeni press ...
Bloody clashes broke out Sunday between government sources and al-Houthi rebels, leaving 5 soldiers and 3 rebels killed...
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called upon Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to intervene to defend journalists and independent media in the wake of deteriorating conditions for press ...
Several citizens of al-Haima district, Sana'a governorate have seized over 10 oil tankers, protesting capture of personal land in the capital, Sana'a by ...
The Women Journalist Without Chains has called the ruling party for allocating 15 percent of seats for women in the elections of provincial...
Abdul-Wahab al-Anisi- Head of the Supreme Council of JMP and the secretary-general of the Islah party has considered the election of governors came in way different to what Yemen's president promised ...
The UN in Yemen has raised the level of security in its buildings in a bid to mitigate any terrorist attacks against it but has not ...
Alsahwa.net – Siag Organization for Child Protection, under establishment organization, is to hold a symposium on early marriage of girls and ...
Yemeni politicians and legal and media figures have criticized amendments of the penal codes the Yemeni government is seeking to approve in parliament, considering such amendments are incompatible 
Saudi border guards have chased 18 boys who had illegally infiltrated to Saudi borders. When the boys escaped to a wooden-built sanctuary and Saudi guards ...
Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights expressed deep concerns over the continuation of arresting the well-known Yemeni comedian Fahad al-Qarni ...
Sana'a, Alsahw.net- The Political Security Organization has neglected decisions of the Attorney-General to release Abdullah al-Raimi...
The central prison of Taiz province prevented leaders of Islah party from visiting well-known comedian Fahad al-Qarni who was referred lately ...
Marib, Alsahwa.net- Three wanted men of Khawlan district were injured in clashes with security forces Tuesday in Marib ...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 22 April 2008, at the Palais ...
Sana'a -Alsahwa.net – Yemeni Coast Guards could rescue a Japanese oil tanker attacked by Somali pirates in the south of Mukla , according to...
Mohammad al-Mikhlafi, top leader of the Yemeni Social Party said to Alsahwa.net that arrests are evidence that the state witness a crisis and reaches dead end in addressing ...
The number of affected animals of myiasis in Saada province reached 3,000 and 10 human causalities, according to field teams which began to combat ...
There is a risk of renewed fighting between government forces and Shia rebels in the northern province of Saada, which would worsen ...
The Yemeni Bar Association has criticized the law of combating money laundering and terror financing filed to parliament, saying that rating such a law would create an imbalance with the constitutional and legal...
The Joint Meeting Parties of Marib has condemned bombs which targeted a military vehicle and left 3 soldiers dead and four wounded on Wednesday in the city of ...
Chairman of the Islamic Press League Ahmed Abdul-Rahman said that suppressing rights and tyrant regimes challenge Islamic media in Arab nations..
A member of the mediation told Alsahwa.net that the there was an agreement that the government pays YR 85 million in return for
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In press release, WFST said that three significant researches are to be discussed in the symposium, pointing out that the researches would focus on equal citizenship...
a statement, YJS expressed its deep concern over the issue course, particularly when the judge heading the case's hearing does not adhere to the time set to determine this urgent case, affirming that the Ministry of Information has rights to cancel ...
The spokesman of the U.S. embassy in Yemen Ryan Gliha told Alsahaw.net on Sunday that Yemen's government decided to put off the visit of the ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the Information Minister's decision to cancel the license of the independent weekly newspaper...
Hundreds of journalists sat in on Tuesday in Sana'a, demanding to free all political prisoners seized by Yemen's authorities along with a well-known comedian Fahd al-Qarni as wll as holding ...
Thousands of Sana'a, Hodaida and Hadhramout universities staff demonstrated on Tuesday demanding to promote ...
The United States on Monday ordered nonessential embassy staff and family members to leave Yemen a day after an attack on a residential compound in the ...
Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack late Sunday on villas housing US oil experts in Yemen's capital, a security source ...
clash broke out Saturday between al-Houthi rebels and the pro-government Bakhtan tribe in the Al Salem area of Saada province, leaving ...
Thousands of citizens in Taiz province demonstrated on Sunday demanding to immediately release a comic artist, Fahad al-Qarnai, and other political ...
Yemen's main opposition party, Islah, has denounced the banning of Al-Wasat independent paper by the Ministry of Information, considering ...
The Yemeni collation of the opposition parties, the Joint Meeting parties, strongly denounced irresponsible practices of the authorities, stressing that ...
Yemeni Journalist Syndicate has demanded to suspend the Information Ministry's decision of banning Al-Wasat independent paper, considering this decision ...
Yemeni security authorities arrested on Tuesday 5 men out of 18 wanted by police on charges of provoking rioting and chaos. The other men ...
Hundreds of Yemeni expatriates in the United States have appealed the Ministry of Electricity and Energy to deliver electricity to their villages ...
There are over 3,000 orphans in al-Jawf province due to revenge, said the chief of the...
Global warming could lead to a 20% decline in the world economic growth rate over the coming few years concurred a number of leading research centres concerned with the ecological impacts associated ...
recent statistic prepared by Child Labor Office in 6 Yemeni governorates estimated child labor ...
Egypt's arrests of hundreds of opposition Islamists, including would-be candidates in local council elections due on April 8, amount to ...
An al-Qaeda cell in Yemen, known as the Yemen Soldiers Brigade, released the group's first video on Monday on websites linked to fundamentalist ...
Yemen is currently in the initial stages of developing an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime. A number of other factors must also be considered in considering AML/CTF training for ...
Dozens of unemployed people demonstrated Sunday in al-Dala'a governorate demanding ...
At least 75 Somalis have drowned off the coast of Yemen while trying to cross from Somalia ...
Local sources in Shabwa governorate have affirmed that 4 men were killed and 4 others 
A special penal court issued a decision of releasing the chairman of the Watani Bank, Dr. Ahmed al-Hamdani....
Ten of thousand of people in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, protested Thursday before the Cabinet against the policy of impoverishment, starvation ...
Yemen has extradited to Saudi Arabia four Saudis suspected of being Al-Qaeda militants....
Yemeni girls are deprived of their child rights when they are prepared for motherhood at an early age. “Such a role creates an apprehension among girls and their families that marrying ...
The son of an Arab billionaire businessman who left Britain hours before a Norwegian friend was found dead has denied ...
Yemeni penal court prosecuted on Tuesday a suspect of shooting the U.S. embassy in December...
An alleged al-Qaeda cell in Yemen has claimed responsibility for last week's failed attack ...
Emirates Investment Group (EIG), a leading investment company, has announced “Sana’a Terraces” and “Sana’a East” as its maiden projects in Yemen, with the Yemeni Prime Minister, His Excellency Dr. Ali Mohamed Mujawar, attending the announcement ..
Yemen's authorities arrested on Thursday 5 suspects in the attack on 7 July school, next to the US embassy, according to security...
Applicants for 10 papers licenses have revealed that the Ministry of Information banned ...
Subsidy needed for checking combustibles prices
The decision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to waive customs duty
Sources told Alshawa.net that other four soldiers were wounded in the incident which its motivations are still ...
conference on press freedom is to be held in Sana'a on Wednesday. It will focus on violations 
Yemen banned a new magazine Sunday for publishing a picture of the nation's president deemed "inappropriate" by authorities...
The cruelty and illegality of the US government’s program of secret detentions can be illustrated by one man’s story. It is the story of a man who was never charged with any crime, but ...
US embassy to Sana'a had expressed sorrow over the release of al-Banna, but the court explained that the act according ...
Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and 6 al-Houthi rebels were wounded in clashes erupted in Hidan district, Saada on Friday, according ...