Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 12/4/2000
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of December 4, 2000
- Saudi - Yemeni coordination council to meet on Monday
The Saudi Arabian - Yemeni coordination council holds its first meeting since 10 years next Monday in al-Madina al- Mounawara, Saudi Arabia with the aim of discussing means to strengthening relations between the two states in all fields. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 12/8/2000 - New oil field explored in Yemen
Yemen's oil minister Muhammad Khadem al-Wajih announced on Wednesday in Sanaa that anew oil field was explored in Hadramout with a production capacity of 16150 barrels every day. Yemen, Economics, 12/7/2000 - Yemeni president quits commander of naval force
An official source in Sanaa announced on Wednesday that the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has quitted this week the commander of the Yemeni naval force Ahmad Abdullah al-Hosni. Yemen, Local, 12/7/2000 - One suspected in USS Cole bombing arrested
An official at the US state department has asserted news broadcast by the NBC TV on that the Jordanian authorities had arrested an American of Palestinian origin suspected to be involved in the explosion of the US warship "USS Cole" which resulted in killing 17 mariners in October in Yemen. Yemen-USA, Politics, 12/6/2000 - Persons accused in the US warship bombing will be tried soon
An official at the Yemeni police announced on Saturday that 6 persons suspected to be involved in the attack against the US warship USS Cole which resulted in killing some 17 American soldiers, will be presented shortly before the Attorney General. Yemen-USA, Politics, 12/4/2000