Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 3/2/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of March 2, 1998
- Saudi Arabia, Yemen to resume border demarcation talks
Yemeni Parliament speaker Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar on Thursday said Yemen and Saudi Arabia will, within a few days, resume talks concerning the 60-year border conflict between the two countries. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/7/1998 - Kidnapping attempt sparks discussion in Yemeni deputies council
Deputy Abdo Al-Odi demanded to discuss this issue during their session concerning laws and military penalties. Yemen, Politics, 3/6/1998 - Yemen exempts Europeans from entry visa Yemen, Politics, 3/6/1998
- Saudi - Yemeni parliamentary relations highlighted
Chairman of the Saudi Shoura council, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Jubeir, received a communique on Wednesday from the speaker of the Yemeni Parliament Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 3/5/1998 - Yemeni economy conference in Sanaa at end of March
The second economy conference sponsored by Al-Thawabt Al-Faslaih magazine will be held in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, at the end of March under the chairmanship of president Ali Abdallah Salah. Yemen, Economics, 3/4/1998 - Final touches for Saudi-Yemeni border-demarcation
Yemeni Parliament Speaker Sheik Abdullah al-Ahmad said Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh will soon visit Saudi Arabia, adding that border demarcation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia is in the final stages. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/3/1998 - Clashes between the Yemeni security
A clash flared up between Yemeni policemen and an armed group in eastern Yemen, resulting in injuries to a tourist and to three policemen. Yemen, Local, 3/3/1998 - Italian senator arrives in Sanaa Yemen, Politics, 3/3/1998
- Yemen refuses to release Egyptian fishing boats, crews
Egyptian efforts failed to win the release of five fishing ships and their crews, which were being held by the Yemeni authorities in Al-Hudaydah harbor last month for entering Yemeni waters without permission. Yemen-Egypt, Politics, 3/2/1998