Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 7/19/1999
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of July 19, 1999
- Yemeni president accused of avoiding competition in presidential elections
The secretary general of the Yemeni Socialist Party, Ali Saleh Abbad, accused Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday of not wanting a rival in the presidential elections to be held on September 23. Yemen, Politics, 7/23/1999 - Yemeni president winds up Maghreb tour
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen left Rabat on Thursday, winding up a Maghreban tour that also took him to Libya, Algeria and Morocco. Morocco-Yemen, Politics, 7/23/1999 - King Hassan meets Yemeni president
King Hassan II, accompanied by Crown Prince Sidi Mohamed and Prince Moulay Rachid, received Wednesday evening at the royal place of Skhirat (40 km south of Rabat) visiting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Morocco-Yemen, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Saleh, Bouteflika call for comprehensive Arab summit
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his Yemeni counterpart, Ali Abdullah Saleh have called for convening a comprehensive Arab summit, referring to the importance of Iraq's attendance to achieve the reconciliation and unity of the Arab people. Algeria-Yemen, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Yemen renews backing to Morocco's territorial integrity
The speaker of the Yemeni Parliament, Abdelaziz Abdelghani, renewed Wednesday his country's full backing for Morocco's territorial integrity. Morocco-Yemen, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Yemeni parliament ratifies Saleh's nomination for presidency
The Yemeni Parliament on Wednesday ratified the nomination of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for the presidential elections. The parliament, on the other hand, refused to nominate the opposition's main candidate, Ali Saleh Abbad, who is the secretary general of the Yemeni Socialist Party. Yemen, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Algerian, Yemeni presidents: Exclusion and marginalization will not serve the Arab states
President Bouteflika said Algiers and Sanaa are endeavoring to achieve Arab reconciliation without exclusion nor marginalization. He acknowledged that such an endeavor is no easy task. Algeria-Yemen, Politics, 7/21/1999 - Yemeni - Algerian meetings
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh held a meeting last night in the Algerian capital, during which they tackled cooperation between the two countries, international and Arab relations and issues of joint interest. Algeria-Yemen, Politics, 7/21/1999 - Gaddafi confers with Saleh Libya-Yemen, Politics, 7/21/1999
- Yemeni president arrives in Tripoli
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gaddafi on Monday in Tripoli discussed with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh the latest developments concerning Arab and international conditions. Yemen-Libya, Politics, 7/20/1999 - On the Belgian kidnapped tourists in Yemen
One of the four Belgian tourists who were released on Sunday said that kidnappers wanted to release one member of their tribe who is detained in Saudi Arabia. Yemen-Belgium, Local, 7/20/1999 - Belgian hostages return to Yemeni capital Yemen-Belgium, Local, 7/20/1999
- Yemeni president to discuss Arab summit during his visit to Libya and Algeria
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is starting today an Arab tour in North Africa that is to include Libya and Algeria. Yemen-Maghreb, Politics, 7/19/1999 - Yemen: Presidential elections on September 23
Some 30 persons have nominated themselves for the elections, including Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the chairman of the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party, Ali Saleh Abbad, better known as Muqbil. Yemen, Politics, 7/19/1999 - Four Belgians kidnapped in Yemen on Thursday, released
In a peaceful operation, the four Belgian tourists who were kidnapped last Thursday by armed men from Yemen's Bakeil tribe were freed on Sunday. The four tourists were, upon being kidnapped, taken to Barat district, 180 km northeast of Sanaa. Yemen-Belgium, Politics, 7/19/1999