Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 8/31/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of August 31, 1998
- Yemeni oil workers observe a strike
A trade union source said that the Yemeni authorities had arrested four workers from the US "Hunt Oil" company over their calling for a general strike carried out on Tuesday. Yemen, Local, 9/3/1998 - Yemeni public organization for combating terrorism established Yemen, Politics, 9/3/1998
- Yemen: Two wounded in bomb explosion Yemen, Local, 9/3/1998
- New Somali reconciliation initiative
An official source at the Yemeni Foreign Ministry announced a new Yemeni initiative for achieving reconciliation in Somalia. Somalia-Yemen, Politics, 9/2/1998 - A message for Yemeni interior minister from his Saudi counterpart
Yemeni Minister of the Interior Lt. Gen. Hussein Arab on Monday received a message from his Saudi counterpart, Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz, concerning security relations between the two countries. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 9/1/1998 - Yemen mediation to the efforts of the Somali reconciliation. Yemen-Somalia, Politics, 9/1/1998
- Some 70 Yemenis killed in floods Yemen, Local, 9/1/1998
- Sudanese envoy briefs Sanaa on factory attack Sudan-Yemen, Politics, 8/31/1998
- Sanaa voice support for an Arab conference
Sanaa on Saturday voiced support for convening an Arab conference to draw up a "strategic" plan to counter Israeli and unify Arab states' ranks. Yemen-Regional, Politics, 8/31/1998