Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 8/17/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of August 17, 1998
- Explosion near security building in Yemen
An explosion was reported to have taken place near the wall of the headquarters of Yemeni security in the city of Zenjabar on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. Yemen, Local, 8/21/1998 - Yemeni Socialist Party expresses resentment toward interior minister
In a press statement to ArabicNews.com, an official of the Yemeni Socialist Party expressed his resentment toward statements by Yemeni Interior Minister Hussein Mohammed Arab concerning a man who carried out an explosion at El-Khabar mosque in Sanaa. Yemen, Local, 8/20/1998 - A message from Yemeni President to Sultan Qaboos
Oman News Agency said on Tuesday that the Omani minister for foreign affairs, Youssef Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah, on Tuesday discussed with his Yemeni counterpart, Abdul Qader Bajmal, means of strengthening bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern. Oman-Yemen, Politics, 8/19/1998 - Forty four killed in Yemeni floods Yemen, Local, 8/19/1998
- Sanaa emphasizes importance of national conference for administrative reform
Yemeni Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mutahhar al-Saidi announced that the first national conference for the administrative reform will be held soon and it seeks to coordinate the administration as well as clear it from corruption. Yemen, Politics, 8/19/1998 - Yemeni journalists union criticizes Palestinian ambassador
The union of Yemeni journalists announced its position concerning the mutual accusations between the Palestinian ambassador in Sanaa, Yehia Riyah, and the Yemeni newspaper Som Bom. Yemen, Politics, 8/18/1998 - Twenty arrested on bombing charges
The Yemeni authorities said they arrested 22 persons on charges of being involved in a series of bombings in the country. Yemen, Local, 8/17/1998 - Four armed tribesmen arrested in Sanaa
The security forces today in Sanaa said they arrested four tribesmen who violated the new resolution new banning the carrying weapons in cities which was issued by the security committee last Thursday. Yemen, Local, 8/17/1998