Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 10/19/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of October 19, 1998
- Commander of US fleet concludes visit to Sanaa
Commander of the US Fifth Fleet, Admiral Charles Moore on Thursday concluded a visit to Sanaa during which he discussed US -Yemeni military cooperation. Yemen-USA, Military, 10/24/1998 - Yemeni foreign minister to visit Egypt and Syria Yemen-Regional, Politics, 10/24/1998
- 51 percent of Yemeni inhabitants under poverty line
Yemen's national report for human development for the year 1998 has shown a reduction in the level of expenditures on social services, especially in the sectors of health and education. It also referred to an increase of poverty to 51% encompassing 9 million Yemenis. Yemen, Economics, 10/23/1998 - Yemeni Premier meets with commander of the fifth fleet
A Yemeni official source said on Thursday that Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani held talks on Thursday with the commander of the US Fifth Fleet in the Arab Gulf region, Charles Moore, who is currently visiting Sanaa. Yemen-USA, Politics, 10/23/1998 - U.S. denies the existence of marine bases in Yemeni territories
The US embassy in Yemen denied in a statement yesterday the existence of marine base for the U.S. in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Yemen-USA, Military, 10/21/1998 - Yemen to officially restore Hanish islands on November 1 Yemen-Eritrea, Politics, 10/21/1998
- Jordanian - Yemeni committee to convene in Amman next week
The Jordanian-Yemeni joint high committee will convene its seventh session in Amman on October 25 under the chairmanship of Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani and his Jordanian counterpart Fayez Tarawneh. Jordan-Yemen, Politics, 10/20/1998 - Seven Somali people died in Yemen
Seven Somali citizens died yesterday off the coast of Bir Ali, in the Yemeni governorate of Shebwah, while the coast guard was boarding a ship that entered regional waters illegally. Yemen-Somalia, Politics, 10/20/1998 - Intensified security measures in Sanaa
The Yemeni security bodies in have recently undertaken a concentrated security campaign to arrest those responsible for placing explosives in the trash inside a plastic package to deceive workers in one of the northeast districts of Sanaa. Yemen, Politics, 10/19/1998 - Sheikh Zayed congratulates Yemeni President on restoration of Hanish Islands
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, in a telephone call on Sunday congratulated Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on the decision of the International Court of Justice to restore Yemen's sovereignty over the islands. United Arab Emirates-Yemen, Politics, 10/19/1998