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NDC’s teams suspend sessions to protest killing of al-Khatib and Aman
(26 September News) -
2013-05-18
The Presidency of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) announced on Saturday suspending the sessions of the NDC’s working groups for one day to protest the killing of Khalid Mohammed al-Khatib and Hassan Jaafar Aman.
This came in a statement issued by the NDC’s working groups and Sabe get a copy of it, in which the NDC’s presidency and member expressed their condemnation the criminal act and the brutal attack that claimed the lives of the two young men al-Khaib and 
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6 Yemeni fishermen go missing in territorial waters
(26 September News) -
2013-05-18
Maritime security teams in Aden conducted a wide search process on Saturday for six Yemeni fishermen who went missing in Yemeni territorial waters after their boat capsized due to sea waves accompanied by strong winds.
Director of Maritime Security in Aden Mohamed al-Shaqfah explained to Saba that the Yemeni coastguard sector of the Gulf of Aden managed with the help of a Liberian merchant ship was on its way to the Omani port of Muscat to rescue one of the seven fishermen who were on
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President Hadi meets Chinese ambassador
(26 September News) -
2013-05-17
President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met on Thursday Chinese ambassador to Yemen Chang Hua to discuss areas of cooperation relations between the two countries.
During the meeting, the ambassador handed over president Hadi a letter from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in which he expressed the strength of the Yemeni-Chinese friendship and the two countries’ diplomatic relations which established 57 years ago
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Russian-made plane crashes in the capital, killing the pilot
(26 September News) -
2013-05-13
SANA’A- A military aircraft (Sukhoi-22 ) crashed on Monday near the 50th Road in Bait-Baws area southern the capital Sanaa, while returning from a routine training mission.
A source at the Air Forces said that the Captain of the aircraft Hani al-Aghbari was killed in the accident, and there were no civilian victims ,except some light damages in buildings
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Yemeni residents situation in Saudi Arabia discussed
(26 September News) -
2013-05-12
RIYADH- Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi met on Sunday with Saudi Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
At the meeting, they discussed the bilateral relation and areas of cooperation between the two brotherly countries .
The two sides talked on issues relating to the conditions of the Yemeni residents in the Kingdom and procedures to correct their situation so as to harmonize with the special relations between the two brotherly countries and peoples
More from 26 September News
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President Hadi in the firing line
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-18 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-18 14:11:00 GMT
Yemen President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi is said to have escaped eight assassination attempts since his he was sworn in as president of the republic of Yemen in February 2012.
Often referred to as the cornerstone of Yemen transition of power, President Hadi has been charged with leading Yemen as it is undergoing a historical social, political and institutional change from a budding democracy to a fully pledged civil state
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Yemeni journalists are kidnapped in Marib
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-18 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-18 14:11:00 GMT
The Yemeni Journalist Syndicate confirmed earlier this week that five journalists, Yassin al-Zakari, Brahim al-Ashmori, Ahmed al-Shamiri, Naaman Asbahi and photographer Mohammed Achmamaram were kidnapped while covering a story in the eastern province of Marib.
This report comes amid warnings from Freedom Foundation, Yemen media watchdog, that Yemen press is under threat and journalists constantly persecuted and or harassed by various groups and factions
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Arab Youth Foundation in Yemen marks Nakba Day
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-17 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-17 20:10:00 GMT
Nakba day or the Day of Catastrophe, marks the anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. While this day is celebrated in Israel as the cornerstone of the Jewish state after centuries of diaspora and worldwide persecution, Arab nations remember that day with great sadness at it symbolizes the beginning of the Palestinian people struggle against occupation
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Captive in Yemen, former al-Qaeda detainees recall ordeal
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-16 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-16 20:11:00 GMT
Following their much publicized release from Yemen the Finnish couple and Austrian national have opened up to the press, telling of their capture and their five months amid al-Qaeda terror militants.
The trio who had been studying Arabic in the capital were kidnapped at gunpoint by a group of unknown armed, to be later on sold out to al-Qaeda
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Aid workers are freed
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-16 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-16 17:11:00 GMT
The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed on Thursday that three of its aid workers had been indeed release following intense negotiations with al-Marakisha tribe, a tribal entity which has been linked to a string of kidnappings in the immediate region as its leaders are looking to use foreigners as bargain chip against the government
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Yemen diplomatic passports discrepancies
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-16 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-15 23:10:00 GMT
A report published by the foreign ministry this month confirmed serious discrepancies in the issuance of diplomatic passports, with a ratio per employee of about 15. While there are 1,000 foreign ministry workers 15,000 passports were issued, about 15 passports per employees.
Very often Yemeni nationals are trying to obtain diplomatic passports as a way to by-pass visa restrictions and border control as Yemeni nationals have often great difficulties obtaining traveling visas
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Cases of AIDS in Yemen on the rise
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-15 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-15 14:10:00 GMT
Dr Abdul Hamid Suhaibi, General Director for Yemen National Program to Fight Aids established that so far 160 new cases of AIDS had been registered for 2013, a trend which is said to be worrying health officials.
All 160 cases were registered in the provinces of Sana'a, Aden, Hodeidah, Taiz and Hadhramawt
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Pilot killed in military plane crash in Yemen capital
(Hakim Almasmari)
2013-05-15 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-15 14:10:00 GMT
By: Hakim Almasmari
Source: The National
A Yemeni military aircraft crashed in a residential section of the capital yesterday, killing the pilot and injuring at least 22 people on the ground.
It was the second time this year that a military plane crashed in a Sanna neighbourhood, sparking clashes between police and residents who blamed the government for the accidents
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
New details emerged on yesterday's kidnapping
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-15 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-14 23:10:00 GMT
A spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dibeh Fakhr told the press on Tuesday that not one of its staff member had been kidnapped on Monday but three. She added that all were believed to be in good health and in no immediate danger.
"Our colleagues told us that they are fine," told AFP, confirming the three employees were being held by a group in southern Yemen since Monday
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
Oman paid million to free Yemen hostages
(Yemen Post Staff)
2013-05-14 -
Retrieved at: 2013-05-14 17:10:00 GMT
As western media are unraveling the series of events which led to the release of Yemen's three western hostages (a Finnish couple and an Austrian national) reports in Austria are now alleging that Oman had to pay up million to their kidnappers in order to secure their freedom.
Following months of failed tribal negotiations and dead-ends, Oman decided to step in the equation by offering to pay a ransom, which according to Yemeni officials the coalition government was reluctant to do as a
[source: Yemen Post Newspaper]
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