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President Hadi receives letter from GCC secretary general
(Yemen News Agency (Saba)) - 2012-05-16
[16/ãÇíæ/2012] SANA'A, May 16 (Saba) – President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi received on Wednesday a letter form Abdul Lateef Al Zayani, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In the letter, Al Zayani expressed his appreciation for the steps achieved to implement the political settlement in Yemen, ended with the formation of liaison committee

China to participate in Yemen Friends' conference
(Yemen News Agency (Saba)) - 2012-05-16
[16/ãÇíæ/2012] SANA'A, May 16 (Saba) – China will participate with a high-level delegation in Yemen Friends' conference to be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Chinese envoy said Wednesday. At a meeting gathered Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Qirbi with Chinese Ambassador to Yemen Liu Denglin, the two officials reviewed cooperation sides between the two countries and means of developing them

Establishing independent human rights authority reviewed
(Yemen News Agency (Saba)) - 2012-05-15
[15/ãÇíæ/2012] SANA'A, May 15 (Saba) – Yemen and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reviewed here on Tuesday efforts to establish a national independent human rights' authority. Minister of Human Rights Houriah Ahmed Mashhour and the UNDP's Rule of Law, Justice and Security Advisor Alejandro Alvarez discussed cooperation sides between the ministry and program in human rights and freedom issues

Hadi hails achievements of military troops in Abyan
(Yemen News Agency (Saba)) - 2012-05-15
[15/ãÇíæ/2012] SANA'A, May 15 (Saba) – President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi hailed Tuesday the achievements of the 26th Republican Guard Brigade, the 111th Mika Brigade, Central Security Forces and the popular committees in defeating terrorist elements at Lauder district. The military troops with the support of popular committees have managed to cost insurgent elements huge losses either in lives or equipments

Hadi congratulates Ader of being Hungary President
(Yemen News Agency (Saba)) - 2012-05-15
[15/ãÇíæ/2012] SANA'A, May 15 (Saba) – President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi sent on Tuesday a cable of felicitations to Janos Ader over being elected as Hungary's new President. Hadi wished the new President all success and the two countries' mutual relations more progress. FJ Saba

More from Yemen News Agency (Saba)

Minister: Saleh's committed more crimes than British colonization
(Yemen Post Staff) 2012-05-17 - Retrieved at: 2012-05-17 11:11:00 GMT

The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights Horia Mashhor said on Wednesday that the crimes which were committed by the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime in Nihm, Bani Jarmouz, and Arahb areas outside the Yemeni capital of Sana'a are more ugly than those committed by the British occupying military troops in south Yemen
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Obama gives Treasury power to freeze Yemeni officials' assets
(Yemen Post Staff) 2012-05-17 - Retrieved at: 2012-05-17 11:11:00 GMT

US President Barrack Obama issued on Wednesday an executive order giving the Treasury Department the authority to freeze any Yemeni official's assets if found trying to hinder the implementation of the GCC- brokered power transfer deal singed in Riyadh in Nov. last year.The executive order comes as a response to the continuous disobedience of President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi's decrees by some military commanders who are allies of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Houthis, Islah followers hold talks in Cairo
(Yemen Post Staff) 2012-05-17 - Retrieved at: 2012-05-17 11:11:00 GMT

Under the auspices of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), leaders from the Shiite Houthi Movement and the Islamist Islah Party held talks in Cairo in the past couple of days. Al-Masdar online newspaper reported on Wednesday citing what it has called a familiar source with the matter that high-ranking leading figures from both parties met in Cairo and discussed a range of issues with the aim of ending their disputes in the north of Yemen and reaching an agreement that will save the
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Is US strategy in Yemen counter-productive?
(Yemen Online) 2012-05-16 - Retrieved at: 2012-05-16 23:13:00 GMT
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17/05/2012As Yemen grapples with the challenges of a fragile political transition, the US has escalated its military operations in the country. Since 2001, hundreds of people have been killed in US drone strikes in Yemen - dozens of them civilians. But, according to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a not-for-profit organisation based at City University in London, there has been a surge in US military activity in the country since pro-democracy protests began in 2011
[source: Yemen Online]

Al-Qaeda leader Al-Dawahiri urges Yemenis to rebel against their new president
(Yemen Online) 2012-05-16 - Retrieved at: 2012-05-16 23:13:00 GMT
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17/05/2012-YemenOnlineThe leader of al-Qaeda  Ayman al-Dawahiri  called  in a video published Wednesday  Yemenis  to rebel against the new president Abdrabu Hadi  who announced  the extensive war against al-Qaeda in Yemen. Al-Dawahri  described  president Hadi as a «client» to the Americans, like his predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who stepped down under pressure of people last year
[source: Yemen Online]



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