Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 7/18/2005
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of July 18, 2005
- Acts of stealing in Aden; cautious calm in Sanaa
Acts of theft erupted in the coastal Yemeni city of Aden on Friday, two days after acts of violence in various parts of the country in protest of the increase n the fuel price. Yemen, Politics, 7/23/2005 - Sanaa detains two of al-Jazeera TV team
The detention of the two men came just one day after the Moroccan authorities deprived the correspondent of al-Jazeera TV in al-Rabat Abdul Salaam Razzaq from his license credentials after the channel broadcast an interview with one Sahara activist in which he accused the authorities of kidnapping the Sahar activist Ali Salem al-Tamik. Yemen, Politics, 7/22/2005 - Yemeni opposition protest acts of violence
Bajmal called in a televised speech for calm, criticizing the behavior of the demonstrators who did not make a distinction between the freedom of expression and destruction, adding that "they are real destroyers," vowing to challenge them. Yemen, Politics, 7/22/2005 - 13 Yemenis killed in renewed confrontations over fuel issue
Some 13 persons were killed and other 50 injured on Thursday in acts of violence taking place in several Yemeni cities since Wednesday between the security forces and protesters over the government's increase of fuel prices, thereby number of persons killed in the clashes increased to 38 within two days. Yemen, Politics, 7/22/2005 - 13 Yemenis killed in protest over fuel price increase
At least 13 persons were killed in clashes with the police in Yemen after demonstrators crashed government offices and set fire in it in anger to the increase in the prices of fuel. Yemen, Politics, 7/21/2005 - President Ali Abdullah Saleh sets historic precedent in the Arab states by leaving office voluntarily
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh denied that his decision not to seek another presidential term of office next year came at the pressure of any one, rather was based on his personal convictions. Yemen, Politics, 7/18/2005