Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 12/14/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of December 14, 1998
- New demands for Yemeni kidnappers
Members of the Yemeni Bani Zubian tribe who kidnapped four Germans in the Wadi al-Zeina district demanded that the Yemeni government carry out development projects in their district and provide work opportunities and scholarships. Yemen, Politics, 12/17/1998 - Son of parliamentary deputy kidnapped in Yemen
The Yemeni council of deputies decided to summon the interior minister Major Hussien Arab to attend a session for answering the questions of the parliament's deputies on the security issues. Yemen, Local, 12/16/1998 - Yemeni President in France seeks aid and armor
French diplomatic sources said on Tuesday that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, currently visiting Paris, has expressed during his talks with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac hope of strengthening defense relations and economic cooperation between the two countries. Yemen-France, Politics, 12/16/1998 - Ali Saleh announced commitment to amicable solution with Saudi Arabia
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh asserted following a meeting he held in Paris with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac Yemen's commitment to a "friendly and amicable solution" to Yemen's border dispute with Saudi Arabia. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/15/1998 - Yemeni president directs strong warning to German tourists' kidnappers
Yemeni security sources said yesterday that President Ali Abdullah Saleh directed a strongly-worded warning to all the tribesmen of Bani Zubian who kidnapped a group of German tourists nearly a week ago and are keeping them in the a place in Maarib province, east of Sanaa. Yemen, Local, 12/15/1998 - Yemeni president in Paris
The Yemeni news agency Sabaa said that President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen left Sanaa on Sunday heading for Paris on a working visit aimed at "strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries." Yemen, Politics, 12/14/1998