Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 12/15/1997
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of December 15, 1997
- Yemeni lawyers withdraw from defending vandalism suspects
The two lawyers said that the prosecutor did not allow them to meet with the defendants and that the procedures fall short of many of the international criteria for trials. Yemen, Judicial, 12/19/1997 - Yemeni president invites sultan of Oman
Regarding the Yemeni - Eritrean struggle, Al Eriany said that the two sides exchanged memoranda and that Yemen is currently studying the legal consultations with its legal advisors Yemen-Oman, Politics, 12/19/1997 - Yemen signs two agreements worth $24 million
The United Nations Media Center in Sanaa said that the enterprise will help more than 48,000 families. Yemen, Economics, 12/18/1997 - Yemen carrying out new security plan in January
The Yemeni Minister of Interior refuted what has been said by an organization calling itself the Yemeni Jihad Movement, after the movement threatened to answer violently if fundamentalists the Yemeni authorities arrested are not released. Yemen, Local, 12/17/1997 - Iraqi official in Yemen
Iraq's Deputy Premier Hamza al-Zubeidi arrived in Sanaa today for a visit to Yemen aimed at briefing Yemeni officials in the latest developments in Iraq. Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 12/17/1997 - Egypt and Yemen fail to sign criminal extradition agreement
Egypt and Yemen failed to reach an agreement in the field of judicial cooperation which includes the extradition of criminals who are sentenced by each other's courts. Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 12/16/1997 - Yemeni President for good relations with Saudi Arabia
The two countries signed in 1995 a memorandum of understanding providing for normalization of bilateral relations and border demarcation. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/15/1997 - Yemeni president visits Oman today
The talks are expected to include a Yemeni request to join the Gulf Cooperation Council, especially since the visit comes on the eve of a GCC summit in Kuwait in which Sultan Qaboos is to participate. Yemen-Oman, Politics, 12/15/1997