Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 10/5/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of October 5, 1998
- Sanaa expresses relief toward judgement of owning Henish Island
Yemen expressed its relief toward the decision of the international arbitration committee to restore Yemeni sovereignty to the Henish Islands in the Red Sea, resolving a dispute with Eritrea. Yemen-Eritrea, Politics, 10/10/1998 - Canadian, Italian and Japanese companies drill for Yemeni petroleum
A Canadian company obtained the right to drill for petroleum in Yemen. The right includes four petroleum drilling permits in northeast Yemen near the Saudi border. Yemen, Business, 10/10/1998 - Yemen: Seven women in the leadership of al-Islaah party
For the first time, the Yemeni Grouping for Reform (Islaah), the main Islamic party in Yemen, elected seven women to its central committee. It is the first time since the establishment of the party in 1990 that women, through elections, have reached this leading 130-member commission. Yemen, Politics, 10/9/1998 - Yemeni parliament speaker calls for fighting corruption
In a speech he delivered before the second general conference of his party, Yemeni Parliament Speaker Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, who is also leader of the opposition Yemeni Grouping for Reform, has called for fighting corruption in his country. Yemen, Politics, 10/7/1998 - Zeidi religious center reopens in Sanaa
Sources at the Yemeni presidency said that President Ali Abdullah Saleh gave orders to reopen a religious center in Sanaa, whose director was accused of provoking sectarianism. Yemen, Politics, 10/6/1998 - Yemeni Grouping for Reform calls on government to hold talks
Before convening the party's second general conference on Tuesday, the party's secretary-general, Mohammed El-Yadawy, called for discussions among all parties and political powers without any exception, especially the Socialist Party. Yemen, Politics, 10/5/1998 - Yemeni - Eritrean decision over Hanish Islands dispute near
Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani announced on Sunday that the international arbitration committee in charge of the dispute between Yemen and Eritrea over the Hanish Islands would decide on this issue before the middle of the current month. Yemen-Eritrea, Politics, 10/5/1998