Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 8/23/2004
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of August 23, 2004
- Saleh discussed with Blair the file of terrorism, Red Sea security
Yemen's foreign minister Abu Baker al-Qurabi said in a statements that the visit of the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to London is of a special importance due to the historical relations between Yemen and Britain, noting that relations between Sanaa and London have witnessed notable progress in the last ten years. Yemen-UK, Politics, 8/27/2004 - Yemen raises the state of security alert in precaution of attacks
The Yemeni military and police forces raised the degree of security alert after the arrival of information on the intention of a foreign group to infiltrate into Yemen and carry out destruction acts. Yemen, Local, 8/27/2004 - Former Yemeni minister likely involvement in Cole warship case
An official document was disclosed in Yemen shows the involvement of a former government officials in the blowing up the US "USS Cole" warship in October 2000. Yemen-USA, Politics, 8/27/2004 - Syrian- Yemeni women talks on boosting relations Syria-Yemen, Politics, 8/26/2004
- Sanaa: news on killing al-Houthi and scores of soldiers
Clashes erupted in the Yemeni Marran mountains while unconfirmed news said that Sheikh Bader Eddine al-Houthi was killed, but the attack of the government forces continued despite killing of scores of Yemeni soldiers in an ambush by al-Houthi followers. Yemen, Politics, 8/25/2004 - Sanaa: bodies of 120 followers of al-Houthi found
News reports in Sanaa quoted well informed sources in Sada governorate that the government forces found 120 bodies for supporters of Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi in the villages of Marran area to the north of Yemen. Yemen, Politics, 8/24/2004