Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 8/11/1997
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of August 11, 1997
- Fun kidnappings in Yemen?
Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped an Italian tourist group consisting of 10 persons, one of them a nine year-old boy, when they were on their way to Mukalla, on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, Local, 8/15/1997 - Yemen to seek loans for developmental projects
Yemen is seeking to restructure its institutions and implement development projects through foreign loans, an official from the Yemeni Ministry of Economy said. Yemen, Economics, 8/14/1997 - Yemeni bombing ring foiled
Yemeni authorities were able to foil a subversive scheme aiming to shake stability security in the country. Yemen, Politics, 8/13/1997 - Ethiopians and Somalis feared drowned in Red Sea
Fifteen Ethiopian and Somali refugees died when they jumped overboard after the Yemeni coast guard intercepted their boat Yemen, Local, 8/12/1997