tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281358870230485112024-02-20T16:43:00.710-08:00Yemen PressYemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-62199351183582623852010-02-12T19:11:00.001-08:002010-02-12T19:12:39.756-08:00Russia welcomes decision of stopping military operations in northwest region<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100212183030-50450-0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100212183030-50450-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100212183030-50450-0.jpg"></a><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">MOSCOW, Feb.12 (Saba)- Russia welcomed on Friday the decision of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stop military operations in the northwest region of Yemen.<br /><br />According to the statement of the Russian foreign ministry, the Russian government re renewed its steady position which supports efforts of the Yemeni government to enhance security and stability as well as tackle its social and economic issues.<br /><br />On Thursday president Saleh chaired the meeting of the Parliament-Shura committee in charge of overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire conditions that the Houthi rebels accepted on Monday.<br /><br />The committee was briefed on Slash's decision on halting the military operations in the northwest region.<br /><br />The meeting also dealt with the responsibilities of the committee and other committees that would be responsible for brining peace into the region and dealing with the post-war consequences and reporting on the ravaged areas to rebuild them. President Saleh stressed the importance of the role of the committee, urging it should bear sense of responsibility. </span></span></span></div>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-88216519887459214792010-02-12T19:10:00.000-08:002010-02-12T19:11:16.703-08:00Houthi still away from peace deal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SAADA, Feb. 12 (Saba) – The Houthi rebels did not stick to the peace deal announced on Thursday that ended the six-year war in northern Yemen, with their representatives agreed to be part of the committees overseeing the implementation of the peace terms not sent.<br /><br />Though the ceasefire was put into effect Thursday at midnight and that al-Houthi pledged to start implementing the terms once this happens, the insurgents committed violations today, hours after the deal, an official said on Friday.<br /><br />The Houthi must be held countable for violations including an attempt to assassinate deputy Interior minister Muhammad al-Qawsi, killing a soldier in Al Akab district and not sending his representatives to their workplaces, the official said.<br /><br />Heads of the committees formed to supervise the implementation of the peace deal terms between the government and the Houthi militants arrived early today to the areas where they start their jobs.<br /><br />On Thursday, President Saleh presided over the meeting of the Parliament-Shura Committee in charge of overseeing implementing the deal, ordering to stop the military operations in the northwest region as from 12:00 am.<br /><br />Based on the decision of the Supreme Defense Council on Monday that was issued after the council received the letter of Abdul Malik al-Houthi in which he announced their acceptance of the terms and the mechanism to implement them, we decided to stop the operations, Saleh told the committee.<br /><br />Four committees were formed during the meeting: a committee for Harf Sufyan and Jawf area, a committee for Almalaheedh area, a committee for Saada and the fourth was for the areas on the border with Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />The deal ended a six-year war between the army and the insurgents that displaced, according to the UN 250000 people, and in recent months brought in Saudi Arabia after Houthi infiltrators took Saudi lands.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-17772737988471505942010-02-12T04:47:00.001-08:002010-02-12T04:47:40.458-08:00Yemen takes part in Arab economic meeting in Kuwait<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100212111104-35263-0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100212111104-35263-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100212111104-35263-0.jpg"></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div>KUWAIT, Feb. 12 (Saba)- The Republic of Yemen, represented by Minister of Industry and Trade Yahya al-Mutawakil, took part in meetings of the 85th round of the Arab Countries Economic and Social Council which was held on Thursday in Kuwait.<br /><br />In the meeting, the minister presented a vision of Yemen on the economic situations which the least developing countries pass through and the nature of differences in the economic levels of the member states in the region, in addition to the strong competition among them.<br /><br />The Council discussed, with the participation of Arab concerned ministers, a number of issues and topics in the round's agenda represented by following up implementation decision of Kuwait economic and social summit and the World Trade Organization.<br /><br />It assigned the Arab League's General Assembly to prepare a study on the special requirements of the least developing countries and present them to the Council as the issue has gain consideration of all Arab countries. </span></div>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-68990674595724578622010-02-12T04:46:00.002-08:002010-02-12T04:47:05.581-08:00UK''s spy agency chief defends MI5 amid coverup claims<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">LONDON, Feb 12 (Saba) -- The head of the British domestic intelligence service, MI5, has strongly defended the work of the Security Service in the face of damaging accusations that it had sought to cover up its involvement in the torture of detainees, according Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).<br /><br />In an article in The Daily Telegraph newspaper Friday, Director-General Jonathan Evans said claims by one of the country's most senior judges that there was a "culture of suppression" within the service were "the precise opposite of the truth." It also emerged that Evans had contacted the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) to deny claims that MI5 withheld documents relating to the treatment of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.<br /><br />Evans's rare public statement came after documents released last Wednesday at the Court of Appeal showed that the Master of the Rolls, the most senior judge, Lord Neuberger, severely criticised MI5 in a draft ruling relating to Mohamed's case.<br />He said the service had a "culture of suppression" and accused it of failing to respect human rights and of deliberately misleading ISC and Foreign Secretary David Miliband.<br /><br />However, Evans said MI5 was simply seeking to protect the country from "enemies" who would use "all the tools and their disposal" - including propaganda - to attack.<br />"We will do all that we can to keep the country safe from terrorist attack. We will use all the powers available to us under the law," he wrote in his Telegraph article.<br />"For their part, our enemies will also seek to use all tools at their disposal to attack us. That means not just bombs, bullets and aircraft but also propaganda.<br /><br />"Their freedom to extremist views is part of the price we pay for living in a democracy, and it is a price worth paying." The paper went on to quote a "well-placed government source" as suggesting there was a deliberate campaign to undermine the agencies through actions being brought against them in the courts.<br /><br />"There is no doubt there is a campaign being run to try to destabilise the intelligence agencies.<br /><br />"They are using against them mechanisms like the courts and are being funded by the taxpayer to do so," the source was quoted as saying.<br /><br />ISC chairman Kim Howells disclosed that Evans had contacted him last night to assure him that MI5 had not withheld from the committee documents relating to Mohamed's treatment by the US authorities.<br /><br />The commercial TV station Channel 4 News reported that MI5 received CIA documents about his case in 2002 but failed to produce them to the committee's investigation into the extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects in 2006.<br /><br />In a joint statement with the senior Conservative on the ISC, Michael Mates, Dr. Howells said last night, "The director-general has confirmed to us this evening that no document concerning Binyam Mohamed and his treatment by the US authorities has been withheld from us." Evans acknowledged that British intelligence agencies had been "slow to detect" US mistreatment of detainees after 9/11 attacks in 2001, but he insisted that they did not collude in torture.<br /><br />"We in the UK agencies did not practise mistreatment or torture then and do not do so now, nor do we collude in torture or encourage others to torture on our behalf," he said.<br /><br />A Scotland Yard investigation is currently under way into an M15 officer who questioned Mohamed while he was being held in Pakistan following his arrest there in 2002.<br /><br />The document released by the Court of Appeal shows that MI5 was aware that he was being subjected to sleep deprivation, stress tactics, and shackling by his US interrogators.<br /><br />Miliband argued that releasing the seven paragraph paper, summarising US intelligence reports could damage Britain's intelligence-sharing relationship with America - a concern echoed by Evans.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-91950669982643978632010-02-12T04:46:00.001-08:002010-02-12T04:46:43.654-08:00Morocco, Polisario Front remain far apart on W. Sahara''s fate -- Ross<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (Saba) -- Informal talks between Moroccan and Polisario Front officials ended late Thursday with no breakthrough on Western Sahara's fate, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said in a statement distributed here, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).<br /><br />"The proposals of the two parties were again presented and discussed. By the end of the meeting, neither party had accepted the proposal of the other as the sole basis of future negotiations," Ross said at the conclusion of the two-day informal talks held outside New York City.<br /><br />While Morocco offered three years ago to grant the former Spanish colony its autonomy, Polisario Front wants the UN to sponsor a referendum with independence as an option.<br /><br />Ross said the talks took place in an atmosphere of "serious engagement, frankness, and mutual respect," and that the parties reiterated their commitment to continue their negotiations "as soon as possible." He added that he intends to travel to the region to consult further with the parties and other stakeholders, mainly Algeria and Mauritania, whose representatives were present at the opening and closing sessions of this week's informal talks. </span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-42486375485291826472010-02-12T04:34:00.000-08:002010-02-12T04:41:55.960-08:00Plan to conserve Zabid's cultural heritage approved<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100211195124-76510-0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/100211195124-76510-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:12px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>HODEIDAH, Feb.11 (Saba) – The Ministerial committee for conservation of the historical city of Zabi approved on Thursday setting an executive plan of the projects and technical and legal procedures required to preserve the cultural heritage of the city, so as to ensure its survival in the World Heritage List.<br /><br />A technical team was assigned during the committee's expanded meeting to set the plan and to program those projects and procedures in an executive scheduled package within two weeks.<br /><br />Moreover, the committee charged a small team headed by Hodeidah Governor with removing the irregularities in the random construction that distort the cultural heritage and the traditional architecture of the city.<br /><br />The attendants stressed the government agencies to continue the restoration and maintenance of the buildings in the city and speed up supplying the city with electricity and activate the side of the city tourism promotion, development and rehabilitation of the economic resources of the population and support of handicrafts.<br /><br />Furthermore, the committee reviewed reports presented by the agencies working in the city, among them the report submitted to the Cabinet including a number of actions that should be taken by each ministry to preserve the city of Zabid and the procedures taken by the cabinet in this respect.<br /></span></span></span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-3857845538795256272009-10-06T11:49:00.001-07:002009-10-06T11:50:46.869-07:00PA blamed for Goldstone vote delay<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/10/6/2009106122837980621_2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 363px; height: 242px;" src="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/10/6/2009106122837980621_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none; "><p>The Palestinians missed a rare chance by delaying a vote on the Goldstone report which accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza, a senior Qatari foreign ministry official has said.</p><p>Sheikh Khaled bin Jassem al-Thani, the ministry's human rights department head, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that the Palestinian representative to the UN Human Rights Council had requested a delay until the next meeting in March.</p><span id="ctl00_cphBody_lblCountBody1" class="formsValidation" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); text-decoration: none; "></span></span><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Span1" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none; "><p>"We won't be more royal than the king," he said.</p><p>"The Palestinian decision was based on their wishes ... and member states could not take unilateral measures contrary to the wishes of the Palestinian Authority (PA)."</p><span id="ctl00_cphBody_lblCountBody2" class="formsValidation" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); text-decoration: none; "></span><p> "There were many countries that supported [the report and a vote] ... it could have been adopted, but I think that an opportunity was missed and it may not come back."</p><p>Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, under pressure from the PA's executive council and the central committee of his Fatah party, has launched an investigation into the delay.</p><p>But there appears to be no respite for him from the barrage of criticism from Palestinians.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Resignation urged</strong></p><p>A senior member of Hamas has demanded that Abbas resign for supporting the postponement of the vote.</p><p>Mahmoud al-Zahar told Al Jazeera on Monday that Abbas was guilty of "a very big crime against the Palestinian people" over the PA's support to defer endorsing the report.</p><p></p><p>"He is encouraging the Israeli military leaders to attack Gaza, to kill Hamas, and to kill people because they voted for Hamas; to postpone a very important report concerning the Israelis committing crimes against human beings," al-Zahar said.</p><p>"He should resign and he should seek a fair trial. He is not representing any of the Palestinian people."</p><p>The comments came as hundreds of people in the West Bank city of Ramallah protested against the delay in the vote on the report by Richard Goldstone, a former South African judge.</p><p>Protesters waved placards at Monday's events, saying the delay "insults the blood of the martyrs and wounds our people".</p><p>Protests were also held in Jerusalem, where pro-Palestinian activists demanded an apology from Abbas.</p><p>"If the government had anything to do with the decision we want it to resign," Muhammad Jadallah, the head of the Coalition for Jerusalem, said.</p><p>Thirty-two Palestinian groups in Europe also called on Abbas to immediately step down from office.</p><p>In a statement, the groups said "the step to delay the endorsement was not less dangerous than the atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza".</p><p></p></span></span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-57006261909189415872009-10-06T11:47:00.000-07:002009-10-06T11:49:28.817-07:00South Yemenis rally for self-rule<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/10/6/200910617056705797_3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 180px;" src="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/10/6/200910617056705797_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none; "><p>Thousands of people have rallied on the streets of southern Yemen to demand the restoration of the region's independence.<br /><br />Tuesday's protests coincide with the visit of Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, who met Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, in the capital Sanaa.</p><p>Moussa was to discuss the conflict in the far north of the country, where rebels from the Shia Zaidi sect have been leading an uprising for the past five years with fighting intensifying in recent weeks.</p><span id="ctl00_cphBody_lblCountBody1" class="formsValidation" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); text-decoration: none; "></span></span><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Span1" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none; "><p>After the talks, Moussa, the head of the 22-nation bloc, said that the Arab League "confirms its support to Yemen's unity and stability".<br /><br />"The president has expressed openness in engaging in dialogue with the different political sides inside Yemen and abroad, no matter what the differences are, and he expressed his readiness to hold talks with them.</p><span id="ctl00_cphBody_lblCountBody2" class="formsValidation" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); text-decoration: none; "></span><p>"The unity of Yemen does not concern only Yemenis but all Arabs, and what's important is a dialogue among everyone for the unity and the stability of Yemen," he added.<br /><br /></p><p><br /><strong>Yemen divisions<br /><br /></strong>Witnesses said more than 10,000 demonstrators marched in the city of Dhaleh while thousands more turned out in various centres in Lahej and Abyan provinces.</p><p>Protesters brandished the flag of the former independent state and chanted anti-government slogans demanding the separation of the south of Yemen from the north and urging Arab League support for a renewed breakaway.<br /><br />Abdullah al-Faqih, a professor of political science at Sanaa University, told Al Jazeera: "The southerners were turned into second class citizens; they were marginalised politically, socially and economically.<br /><br />"If the regime doesn't react decisively and in a timely manner, we will have secession as a real cause, because if you kill people, forget about unity," he said.<br /><br />Yemen is the Middle East's poorest country and southerners complain they have fared even worse than their fellow countrymen since unification with the north in 1990.<br /><br />The conflict between the Houthi fighters and government forces first broke out in 2004, but last month the fighting intensified as the group pushed to topple the government.</p></span></span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-21934512795987393502009-10-06T11:39:00.001-07:002009-10-06T11:39:53.641-07:00Request to renew lifting immunity of al-Houthi in Parliament<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006184247-94978-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006184247-94978-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Oct.06 (Saba)- In its session on Tuesday , the Parliament referred a request for renewing revoking immunity of the parliamentarian Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi to the constitutional and legal affairs committee to study and present its outcomes on it to the parliament next Saturday.<br /><br />Justice Minster Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari, who submitted the request, made it clear to the parliament on the procedures taken by the government during the past period towards this topic.<br /><br />In his request letter, al-Aghbari demonstrated the main reasons for his request in which he pointed out that al-Houthi is convicted of playing part in forming an armed group, inciting a rebellion against the government, and supporting the terrorist and sabotage acts in some districts of Saada province as well as spying for other countries.<br /><br />Al- Houthi rebels have been launching intermittent wars against the troops since 2004.<br /><br />Since the fighting erupted in 2004, thousands of people, soldiers and insurgents have been killed in Saada province, after the rebel group was founded by rebel leader Hussein al- Houthi.<br /><br />Hussein, the eldest brother of the current group leader Abdul-Malik, was killed by the army in September 2004.<br /><br />The Yemeni government accuses the Houthi group of trying to reinstall the rule of imams, which was toppled by a republican revolution in northern Yemen in 1962.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-83771101080423902482009-10-06T11:38:00.001-07:002009-10-06T11:39:11.579-07:00Gulf Excellence Award in health media to be announced<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006205500-43171-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006205500-43171-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Oct. 06 (Saba) - The Gulf Excellence Award in health media will be announced next Saturday at the Population Studies Center in Sana'a University.<br /><br />The activity which will be attended by 37 participants for ten days will be started by a workshop on training media staff on basic health messages.<br /><br />Speaking to Saba, Deputy Information Ministry for Childhood and Women Affairs Fathyah Abdulwasa'a said that the activity came within the framework of cooperation between Health Ministry, the General Program of Childhood and Women in Information Ministry and health basic services at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) .<br /><br />The activity aims at raising awareness of child and women health rights. </span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-12390532086524355292009-10-06T11:36:00.000-07:002009-10-06T11:38:13.560-07:00Health minister calls WHO to offer H1N1 vaccine to Muslim pilgrims<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006202814-38841-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006202814-38841-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">FES, Morocco, Oct. 06 (Saba)- Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul Kareem Rasa called on Tuesday World Health Organization (WHO) to offer one million doses of swine flu vaccine for Muslim pilgrims especially who are from poor countries.<br /><br />Addressing the 56th round of the WHO regional committee for Middle East, Rasa reviewed decisions of the 55th round of the committee, saying that such decisions resulted in drawing a strategy to better health system in the region.<br /><br />He also reviewed efforts exerted by the member countries and health organizations to face H1N1 virus.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the minister appreciated the assistance presented by the Saudi Arabia to displaced people who left their houses because of the war of Yemen with rebels in Saada province.<br /><br />He also expressed thank you for all international humanitarian organizations which offered assistance for the displaced people and victims of the war.<br /><br />The 56th round is being held in Morocco to deal with several technical topics relating to increasing overtures for hepatitis, the strategy for prevention of cancer, the new strategy for research for and development of poverty-caused infectious diseases, and follow up the outcomes of the exceptional meeting of the committee on the H1N1 pandemic.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-12160496277273089842009-10-06T11:24:00.000-07:002009-10-06T11:28:23.128-07:00Dhamar University participates in 16th Dermatology World Congress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006195749-19834-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091006195749-19834-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Oct. 06 (Saba) - Dhamar University participates in the 16th World Congress of Dermatology to be kicked off on Wednesday in Germany for five days.<br /><br />Head of Skin and Reproductive Diseases in the University Dr. Jalal al-Absi said that the congress would discuss several practical papers presented by the participants on dermatology diseases.<br /><br />The congress will also issue an annual scientific journal specialized in dermatology reviewing the last scientific studies and researches on dermatology diseases.<br /><br />Yemen participates in the congress with a paper on the most widely dermatology diseases spreading in Yemen, he added.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-44813566511071355472009-10-01T04:21:00.000-07:002009-10-01T04:23:44.345-07:00Yemen to host Islam, Tourism Forum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091001113940-43561-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091001113940-43561-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Oct. 01 (Saba) - Ministry of Tourism is to host Islam and Tourism Forum 2009 in Sana'a and Hadramout governorates on October 11 – 13, the weekly 26 September said on Thursday.<br /><br />High-profile preachers from Yemen and the Islamic world will take part in the Forum, Minister of Tourism Nabil al-Faqih said<br /><br />He said that the Forum aims to shed light on the concept of tourism in Islam and its cultural and humanitarian role in serving development and job creation.<br /><br />Al-Faqih affirmed the forum comes within the Ministry's keenness on promoting tourism in the country as a promising sector for the national economy, which would assist in creating job opportunities and reducing poverty and unemployment rates.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-26839788343598474172009-10-01T03:04:00.000-07:002009-10-01T03:19:04.806-07:00Sudanese President al-Bashir receives Vice President Hadi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091001105859-23006-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/091001105859-23006-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">KHARTOUM, Oct. 01 (Saba) - Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir has met here with the Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi, who is visiting Sudan currently to take part in the third conference of the Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP).<br /><br />President al-Bashir welcomed Hadi and the General People Congress (GPC) high-profile delegation, indicating to the brotherly ties linked the two countries and political leadership.<br /><br />He accentuated the Sudanese attitude supporting Yemen and its democratic options, calling on the political powers in Yemen to give priority to the national interests rather than selfish interests.<br /><br />Hadi said that Yemen's stand is with Sudan and its inspirations at all levels, topped by its rights of unity, stabilization and security in addition to its right not to be interfered in its internal affaires.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-72160314923389950692009-10-01T03:02:00.000-07:002009-10-01T03:04:40.246-07:00Al-Arhabi affirms Yemen concern to boost cooperation with WB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090930224210-92150-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090930224210-92150-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 30 (Saba)- Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi affirmed on Wednesday to the new WB Country Director of Yemen, Egypt and Djibouti David Craig readiness of the government of Yemen to offer all facilities to help him perform his tasks which would lead to reinforcing and improving current cooperation between Yemen and the Bank.<br /><br />Al-Arhabi praised efforts of the previous country director in boosting and developing the bilateral cooperation between Yemen and the WB.<br /><br />The meeting shed light on related issues to the ongoing cooperation between Yemen and the Bank to serve common goals.<br /><br />The minister acquainted the new director with achievements Yemen has achieved in applying reforms as well as a set of challenges facing development in the country. </span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-91898057599566893342009-10-01T02:56:00.000-07:002009-10-01T03:01:52.010-07:00WB grants $20 mln to finance Quick Orbit project in Yemen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090930215820-42551-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090930215820-42551-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 30 (Saba)- A $20 million WB grant agreement was signed on Wednesday to finance the Quick Orbit Project in Yemen.<br /><br />The agreement was signed by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and the WB regional director De Manual Embay.<br /><br />It stipulates that the WB offers a financing grant at $20 million to finance the Quick Orbit Project which targets building 370 classrooms and renovating 200 others in 7 governorates; Dhamar, Baidha, Hudeidah, Dale, Raymah, Hajjah and Mahweet.<br /><br />Following the signing of the agreement, al-Arhabi praised concern of the WB to continue supporting and reinforcing development process in Yemen.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-607111299226781642009-09-29T12:12:00.001-07:002009-09-29T12:12:44.921-07:00President Saleh congratulates German Chancellor Angela Merkel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929202423-99147-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929202423-99147-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh sent on Tuesday a cable to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, congratulating her on the triumph of her party and its coalition in the parliamentary election.<br /><br />In the cable, President Saleh conveyed his and the Yemeni government and people's congratulations to German Chancellor for the great factory they achieved in the parliamentary election for the second time.<br /><br />President Saleh indicated to the deep-rooted relations linked Yemen and Germany, emphasizing the significance of advancing such relations in the future.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-31587937776999629642009-09-29T10:33:00.000-07:002009-09-29T10:35:44.768-07:00Al-Lawzi: State goes ahead to end rebellion in Saada<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929201531-86245-0.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929201531-86245-0.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba)- The state goes ahead to end rebellion in Saada province, spokesperson of the cabinet and minister of information Hassan al-Lawzi said on Tuesday's press conference.<br /><br />The decision of the political leadership, government and supreme security committee is very clear which insist to hunt rebels and end the sedition and return normal life back to the province, al-Lawzi said.<br /><br />Regarding announcement of al-Houthi to release what he called them "war prisoners", the minister said that in these confrontations no war prisoner but hostages from citizens who should be released.<br /><br />He pointed out that the sedition caused thousands of displaced people and many houses were damaged and looted by rebels.<br /><br />About latest clashes in Abyan, al-Lawzi said that the real reason was a clash between security forces and an armed gang who attacked some government buildings, adding that the police were chasing members of the gang to bring them to justice. </span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-68439857372915147132009-09-29T10:30:00.000-07:002009-09-29T10:33:04.616-07:00U.S. raises vocational training center aid to Yemen to $3.7 mln<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929195723-13409-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929195723-13409-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba) - Yemen and the U.S. agreed on Tuesday on increasing the American aid to vocational training centers in Yemen to $3.7 million.<br /><br />Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Jes Ashley signed in Sana'a an understanding memo stipulated amending and raising the American grants agreement concerning propping up the vocational training centers and technical support programs for technical education and vocational training sector.<br /><br />The American grant includes enhancing the potentials to qualify youth technically and vocationally and acquiring youth with the required marketing skills.<br /><br />Moreover, the USAID provides technical assistance for Al-Saleh Foundation to run the Vocational Training Center for Youth Development and equipping a number of vocational centers in Yemen.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-28090608907726366192009-09-29T10:26:00.000-07:002009-09-29T10:29:55.059-07:00Supporting Yemeni Coastguard with SELEX products discussed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929190315-45679-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090929190315-45679-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba) - Yemen and Italy discussed on Tuesday the possibility of propping up Yemeni Coastguard Authority with products of Italian company SELEX working in the field of manufacturing maritime monitoring devices.<br /><br />Interior Minister Mutahar al-Masri and SELEX's Vice President for Sales for the Middle East and Africa Domenico Iovino discussed the company's support of radars and maritime monitoring devices for Yemeni coastguard Authority.<br /><br />Iovino acquainted the Minister with an extensive explanation on the devices and equipment the company manufactures in area of coastguard and the high quality of its products.<br /><br />The Italian company SELEX Sistemi Integrti along with a Yemeni technical team from coastguard has established the 1st stage of marine radar project funded by Italian government at a total cost of € 20 million.<br /><br />The system will provide coverage of about 450 Km of coastline along the Red Sea facing the Eritrean and Somali coasts and represents a first stage for a complete surveillance program including two further development stages.</span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-7035406619786132392009-09-22T07:37:00.001-07:002009-09-22T07:37:51.023-07:00World Global briefing US commander pushes for more troops in Afghanistan In a leaked report, Gen McChrystal warns that the war 'will likely result in<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=AD&Date=20090922&Category=NATIONAL&ArtNo=709219841&Ref=AR&Profile=1040&MaxW=300"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=AD&Date=20090922&Category=NATIONAL&ArtNo=709219841&Ref=AR&Profile=1040&MaxW=300" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">DUBAI // Arabs suffer from one of the highest rates of genetic disease in the world, according to a research institute.<br /><br />Some 906 genetic disorders have been identified in Arabs and their descendants, reports the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies (CAGS), and about 200 of those are prevalent among Arabs in the GCC alone.<br /><br />It warns that the problem will require research and collaboration among medical communities.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">In the UAE, 241 disorders have been identified in Arab citizens and expatriates combined, making the incidence in this country the second-highest in the Arab world after Oman; 119 genetic disorders are specific to Emiratis.<br /><br />These figures are thought likely to rise, too, as researchers discover new disorders in the Arab world and record them in a database being developed by the CAGS.<br /><br />The centre, funded by the Sheikh Hamdan Award for Medical Sciences, has completed studies of Bahrain, Oman and the UAE.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">It plans to compile extensive data on genetic disorders in every Arab country to help pave the way for treatment and prevention-based health policies in the region.<br /><br />Patients are defined as Arab if they are of Arab ancestry, whether on the maternal or paternal side and regardless of where they happen to live. Countries such as Brazil, Canada and France, for example, have large Arab communities.<br /><br />“Why build this database? It gives us a bird’s-eye view of each country on genetic diseases. Some are epidemic and some very rare,” said Dr Ghazi Tadmouri, the assistant director of the CAGS.</p><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "></span></p><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">Several common diseases in the UAE, Oman and Bahrain have reached epidemic levels – more than 100 cases per 100,000.<br /><br />They include thalassaemia (a blood disorder), diabetes, breast cancer and Down’s syndrome. Less common genetic disorders in the Emirates include muscular dystrophy and kidney disease.<br /><br />About 63 per cent of the genetic conditions in Arab populations are due mostly to marriage between close relatives such as first cousins, clinically known as consanguinity.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">Such marriages, deeply ingrained in Arab culture, are on the rise in the UAE, where the rate is the fifth-highest in the Arab world.<br /><br />In Dubai, 40 per cent of marriages are between relatives, according to the latest statistics. In Al Ain that figure reaches 54 per cent, and in Abu Dhabi 32 per cent.<br /><br />Across the Arab world, Sudan and Mauritania have the highest rates, amounting to two-thirds of all marriages. However, consanguinity is on the decline in, for example, Egypt and Tunisia.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">The good news is that more than half the genetic disorders in Arab populations are the result of a defect in only one gene, which means it would be relatively easy to screen for such a gene and to prevent or treat the disorder.<br /><br />However, Dr Tadmouri said there were no national projects aimed at controlling genetic disorders in most Arab countries.<br /><br />Pre-natal detection of disease should be more available, he said, while early diagnosis was essential in treating many disorders. Other preventive measures included screening potential spouses for defective recessive genes.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">“It is becoming mandatory to do basic screening for thalassaemia and other diseases before marriage,” Dr Tadmouri said.<br /><br />He called on medical professionals in Arab countries to keep track of genetic disorders. When he first started compiling data for the centre’s database in 2004, he found there were many genetic disorders in the UAE that were not documented.<br /><br />“There’s little or no incentive for doctors here to keep track of such data from their patients,” he said.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">“We’re hoping that the western educational establishments that are opening here will go beyond teaching a few disciplines here and there.<br /><br />“We’re hoping they will establish real academic institutions and build a vibrant academic atmosphere in the medical sciences.<br /><br />“That’s what the Arab world needs to overcome genetic disorders.”</p></span><p></p>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-12071125607668279782009-09-22T07:36:00.001-07:002009-09-22T07:36:58.592-07:00Local source: 13 Houthi terrorists killed as they attacked citizens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090922162826-9613-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090922162826-9613-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SAADA, Sep. 22 (Saba)- An official source at the local authority in Saada governorate said on Tuesday that some terror and rebellion elements attacked this morning Aal Oqab village citizens in Saada and forced them to flee and stationed in their farms from where they fired against citizens, and army and security forces.<br /><br />The source told Saba that those elements forced a military unit to react which resulted in the killing of 13 terrorists and the escape of the others, in addition to seizing a big amount of their weapons and removing land mines the Houthis planted as well as securing the road.<br /><br />Moreover, the source said that terror and rebellion elements continued breaches and attacks against a number of military locations as well as citizens in Harf Sufian and Saada governorate, killing and injuring a number of soldiers and citizens.<br /><br />It made clear that the army forces took action against Houthi attacks and foiled their permeation, in addition to causing them heavy losses. It indicated that a special unit opened a new way to al-Shaqra Mountain in an attempt to have access to it.<br /><br />The source also pointed out that hideouts and locations of the Houthi rebels in Dammj area were attacked as they attacked citizens and some military locations. </span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-19570471175157759432009-09-22T07:35:00.001-07:002009-09-22T07:36:09.154-07:00Doubts cloud Middle East talks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/9/22/2009922131127548811_2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 363px; height: 242px;" src="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/9/22/2009922131127548811_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none; "><p>Barack Obama, the US president, is set to host a three-way meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, but with little apparent chance of a breakthrough in relaunching stalled peace talks.</p><p>The US president will meet Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in New York on Tuesday.</p><span id="ctl00_cphBody_lblCountBody1" class="formsValidation" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); text-decoration: none; "></span></span><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Span1" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none; "><p>Abbas had previously told his Palestinian audience that there was no point even attending a three-way summit as long as "Jewish colonisation of Palestine continues".</p><p>Abdul Bari Atwan, chief editor of <em>al-Quds al-Arabi</em> newspaper in London, told Al Jazeera that Abbas's presence should be a cause for concern.</p><span id="ctl00_cphBody_lblCountBody2" class="formsValidation" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); text-decoration: none; "></span><p>"The fact that he is taking part at all, without any of his demands being met, has given the impression to all that he has caved in much too easily," he said.</p><p>But most Arab commentators appeared to be looking to see if Obama will force Israel to end settlement activity as his administration has demanded.</p><p><strong>Low expectations</strong></p><p>Egypt's <em>Al-Ahram</em> observed "this meeting will not only affect the future of the peace process in Middle East ... but will also affect the credibility of Obama, especially in Middle East and among Muslims, to whom he promised a new relationship."</p><p>Writing in <em>Al-Jumhuriyya</em>, Subhi Zu'ayter, a Cairo-based political commentator, asked whether there was anything that Obama could do that George Mitchell, the US special representative to the region, had not already tried to stop Netanyahu from building in the occupied West Bank.</p><p></p><p>He said that either Netanyahu or Obama would lose face.</p><p>Iz-al-Din Darwish, writing in Saudi Arabia's <em>al-Watan,</em>predicted there was no reason for Palestinians to expect progress.</p><p>"Obama's administration began its search for peace but ended with a totally different result ... sweet talk about peace will end up with the adoption of Israeli positions. This is the history of US involvement and the result of Mitchell's five regional tours", Darwish said.</p><p>Syrian commentators, such as <em>Tishrin</em>'s Umar Kilab, took a more positive stand, arguing that the demand for settlement freeze "is the only united Arab position ... it's a tool of resistance after Arab nations have dropped all other means".</p><p>"Arabs have to defend it and try to register this demand with the Quartet and UN Security Council as a minimal basis for negotiations," Kilab said.</p><p><strong>'Waiting for actions'</strong></p><p>Samir Qatami, a Jordanian journalist, pointed out that Obama's inability to pressure Israel has been clear ever since Washington sharply criticised the UN investigation into war crimes in Gaza last year.</p><p>"This investigation could have been used as a tool to pressure Israel if there had been a true US will to solve the Palestinian issue."</p><p>Muhammad al-Rasa'i in an editorial in <em>al-Ra'y </em>argued the talks will mean nothing unless physical change follows swiftly.</p><p>"The magic in Obama's speeches has started to fade, everybody is now waiting for actions on the ground".</p><p>The Israeli media was equally downbeat.</p><p><strong>Israeli press</strong></p><p><em>Maariv's</em> Ben Kaspit wrote that Obama has weakened Abbas while strengthening Netanyahu, "the opposite of what he wanted".</p><p>"Even if they apply huge pressure and succeed today in extracting some sort of 'agreement' to secure a settlement freeze and negotiations of some sort, the Americans know they've failed.</p><p>"The reason they insisted on this forced summit today is that it is preferable to look ridiculous than not hold it at all."</p><p>And<em> Haaretz</em>'s Aluf Benn pointed out that Obama's diplomatic timetable was different from Netanyahu's. The US president is "not dependent on a coalition like Netanyahu or on legalistic tricks keeping him in power after his term like Abbas".</p><p><em>The Jerusalem Post</em> felt that the only thing Obama did manage was to get Netanyahu and Abbas say yes to a photo-opportunity.</p><p>"So why is everyone saying no to Obama? It's the economy, stupid. America's economy has made Obama a weak president - that's a real pity."</p><p></p></span></span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-68438791071328946972009-09-22T07:30:00.000-07:002009-09-22T07:34:57.338-07:00Hotel worker charged with killing of Dubai executive<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">An employee of the New York hotel where a Dubai businesswoman was found dead on Saturday has been charged with murder.<br /><br />Andree Bejjani, 44, who worked in property investment, was found in the Jumeirah Essex House hotel and apartment complex in Manhattan, where she rented a private flat.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">A maid discovered her face down in a pool of blood, with a 10-inch bread knife protruding from her neck, reports say.<br /><br />Ms Bejjani, who was more commonly known as Sara, was from Lebanon but had lived and worked in Dubai for 20 years, splitting her time between the US and the UAE.<br /><br />Derrick Praileau, 29, a housekeeping manager at the hotel, was arrested on Sunday and charged with second-degree murder, according to a spokesman from the New York Police Department.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">The hotel, operated by the Dubai-based Jumeirah Group, said in a statement yesterday that the suspect was a “long-term hotel employee”.<br /><br />“Our sincere condolences go out to the victim’s family. We continue to fully co-operate with the police throughout their investigation. It is now a criminal matter and is being handled accordingly.”<br /><br />Police said they tracked the use of hotel key cards Mr Praileau is thought to have used to gain access to the apartment, which put him at the scene near the time of the attack.</p><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "></span></p><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">Ms Bejjani had been at the hotel, which overlooks Central Park, since August.<br /><br />She ran her own company, Royal Investments LLC, from Dubai before joining the US-based multinational Carlton Advisory Services, a property investment firm, last year as vice president.<br /><br />Her job there was to find Gulf investors for US markets, although she also maintained her role at the firm she founded.<br /><br />According to a former Carlton colleague, she split her time between Dubai and New York, before leaving the company this summer to focus on Royal Investments.</p><br /><p style="font-size: 0.76em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">Mr Praileau, who lives in Bronx, New York, has been denied bail, according to the police. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said it it did not appear that Mr Praileau and Ms Bejjani had a “previous relationship”.<br /><br />The 605-room, 75-year-old art deco hotel was bought by Dubai Investment Group in 2005. </p></span><p></p>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228135887023048511.post-58555291920437915562009-09-18T16:39:00.000-07:002009-09-18T17:02:11.472-07:00Yemen welcomes UN call for humanitarian access to Saada displaced<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090919015351-93546-0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.sabanews.net/upload/thumbs/090919015351-93546-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SANA'A, Sep. 19 (Saba) – Yemen has welcomed a call of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the war-affected displaced people due to terrorist acts of al-Houthi rebels in the northern province of Saada.<br /><br />An official source of Yemen's Foreign Minister has said that the Yemeni government has given top priority to the issue of displaced people and their conditions in addressing the humanitarian situation in Saada.<br /><br />Ban Ki-moon has said that the UN had launched a flash appeal to cover the immediate needs of those afflicted by the conflict in Yemen and stands ready to provide any additional assistance needed.<br /><br />"Four days after the beginning of the war, the government announced that it would stop military operations in response to the appeals of humanitarian bodies and organizations to access to the displaced people, but the elements of sabotage and terrorism did not respond, attacking army and security forces in the region few hours after the cease-fire" the source said.<br /><br />"They also blocked roads and planted mines and explosive devices on the roadsides to prevent humanitarian supplies from reaching citizens in addition to preventing them from fleeing to safe areas and forming human shields of the citizens".<br /><br />The source confirmed the Yemeni government would continue its cooperation with all UN organizations and humanitarian agencies in order to delivering relief convoys to the displaced people in the war-affected areas of Saada and Amran. </span>Yemen Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576847529619184878noreply@blogger.com0