Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 3/30/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of March 30, 1998
- Yemen attempts to halt the escape of Somali people to it
The number of Somalis fleeing from the civil war in Somalia to Yemen has increased despite the fact that most of them die either by their boats sinking or by being shot. Yemen-Somalia, Local, 4/3/1998 - Explosions in Sanaa Yemen, Local, 4/3/1998
- Somalis drown off Yemeni coast Yemen-Somalia, Local, 4/1/1998
- Yemen faced trade defecit in 1997
Data issued by the central department of statistics in Yemen said that the total exports in Yemen in 1997 have reached $1.8 billion, while the imports were valued at $2.2 billion. Yemen-Regional, Economics, 3/31/1998 - Yemen denies tribal confrontation Yemen, Local, 3/31/1998
- Algerian forces attack terrorist sites by aircraft
Algerian security forces continued operations using heavy artillery and military aircraft against strongholds of armed groups that carry out violent attacks against Algerian citizens in an attempt to limit any massacres before the great Bairam. Algeria-Yemen, Military, 3/30/1998 - Diplomatic relations between Yemen, Vatican
The mutual agreement was reached during the visit of a Vatican delegation to Yemen which was concluded on Sunday, adding that it was signed by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Foreign Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani. The agreement is to be enforced by the end of the current year. Yemen-Vatican, Politics, 3/30/1998