Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 12/18/2000
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of December 18, 2000
- An Iraqi pharmacist assassinated in Sanaa
The pharmacist Sami Hashem al-Samer'ai of Iraqi nationality was killed on Wednesday after he was shot to death in al-Riyadh street in the downtown of the Yemeni capital Sanaa upon he was walking at night to the mosque. Yemen, Local, 12/22/2000 - Yemeni president wants to use the referendum process to amend constitution
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen on Wednesday issued a decree to start a people's referendum on February 20, 2000 concerning several constitutional amendments that avails him the power to desolve the parliament and extend his term of presidency. Yemen, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Saudi- Yemeni security meeting in January
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and members of the accompanying delegation arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday in a visit during which he will perform al-Omra rituals. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Yemeni President, Jordanian King visit Saudi Arabia
A Yemeni diplomatic source in al-Riyadh said on Monday that the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will arrive tomorrow in Jeddah in a visit which will last for two days to perform al-Omra rituals. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 12/19/2000 - A new breakthrough in the Saudi Yemeni relations Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/18/2000