Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 9/25/2000
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of September 25, 2000
- Yemeni plane breaks embargo against Iraq
After three Russian planes, a fourth French plane and a Fifth Jordanian, a Yemeni plane on Friday landed at Baghdad's airport having on its board the Yemeni foreign minister Abdul Qader Bajmal and carrying humanitarian aids for the Iraqi people. Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 9/30/2000 - Saudi Arabia prevents a Yemeni plane heading to Iraq through its airspace
Yemeni official sources said that Saudi Arabia prevented on Friday a Yemeni plane heading to Baghdad from flying in its airspace, a matter which obliged the plane to return back to Sanaa. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 9/30/2000 - Saudi Arabia denies arresting oil experts working in Yemen Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 9/27/2000
- Rift Valley fever in Yemen cause ban on importing animals from Africa
The Yemeni authorities took a decision to ban the importing of animals to an indefinite date due to the prevalence of the Rift Valley fever in many areas north the country. Yemen, Local, 9/27/2000 - Qaddafi postpones visit to Yemen Libya-Yemen, Politics, 9/26/2000
- A clash between the Yemeni police and Palestinian refugees
The Yemeni police fired shots on a demonstration by Palestinian refugees who were protesting evacuating them from a refugees Camp in Sanaa. Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 9/26/2000