Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 4/8/2002
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of April 8, 2002
- An explosion near the American embassy in Sanaa; demonstrations
a huge demonstration was held in Sanaa on Friday in support of the Palestinian people struggle against the Israeli occupation in which the demonstrators raised banners reading "No for the American- Israeli terrorism," Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 4/13/2002 - Yemen: al-Qaeda fails an attempt to assassinate intelligence official
Yemeni official sources said that members of the al-Qaeda organization had planned to assassinate a high ranking official at the Yemeni intelligence and that these members failed twice in this assassination. Yemen, Local, 4/12/2002 - Yemeni president calls for permitting Yemenis to fight with the Palestinians
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called -- in a people's gathering held in support for the Palestinians to the South of Sanaa -- on the Arab states bordering Israel to allow Yemeni citizens to fight beside the Palestinians. Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 4/11/2002 - Sanaa looms to expel the American ambassador
The Yemeni government has loomed that it will expel the US ambassador in Sanaa Edmond Hall if he does not take into account diplomatic norms and traditions common among countries. Yemen-USA, Politics, 4/9/2002 - Yemen signs an agreement with US to supply US warplanes with fuels
Yemen and the USA have signed an agreement provided for permitting the American warplanes to be provided by fuels at Aden port. Yemen-USA, Politics, 4/9/2002 - Maher: Israel is not allowed to protest our sovereign decision
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher met late Sunday with visiting Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Korabi. Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 4/8/2002