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YEMEN: Senior official denies closure of UN offices
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2008-04-27
Source: IRIN
SANAA, 27 April 2008 (IRIN) - The UN in Yemen has raised the level of security in its buildings in a bid to mitigate any terrorist attacks against it but has not closed any of its offices, a senior UN official told IRIN.
Aboudou Karim Adjibade, acting UN Resident Coordinator, said that while some UN staff had had to relocate while security enhancements were made in their offices, their work continued as usual, contrary to reports by international news agencies saying 
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Islah Secretary-General: We refuse the ruling party's amendments and support governors elected by voters
(Sahwa Net) -
2008-04-27
April 27, 2008
Alsahwa.net – Abdul-Wahab al-Anisi- Head of the Supreme Council of JMP and the secretary-general of the Islah party has considered the election of governors came in way different to what Yemen's president promised in his electoral platform.
"JMP believes that amendments happened in the local council law were only approved by the ruling party which depended on its majority in parliament," al-Anisi said to Aljazera
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Symposium on early marriage to be held in Sana'a
(Sahwa Net) -
2008-04-27
April 27, 2008
Alsahwa.net – Siag Organization for Child Protection, under establishment organization, is to hold a symposium on early marriage of girls and laws and traditions regarding this phenomenon.
Ahmed al-Qorashi, head of SOCP, said that parliamentarians, judges, lawyers, activists and journalists would attend the symposium to tackle one of bad phenomena in Yemen society
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Eighteen Yemeni boys burnt in Saudi borders
(Sahwa Net) -
2008-04-26
April 26, 2008
Alsahwa.net – Saudi border guards have chased 18 boys who had illegally infiltrated to Saudi borders. When the boys escaped to a wooden-built sanctuary and Saudi guards did not find them, then they burnt the wooden refuge.
The boys tried to get out from fire, but they were burnt
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Legal and media figures: Yemen in undeclared state of emergency
(Sahwa Net) -
2008-04-26
April 26, 2008
Alsahwa.net - Yemeni politicians and legal and media figures have criticized amendments of the penal codes the Yemeni government is seeking to approve in parliament, considering such amendments are incompatible with freedoms of expression and democracy.
Mohammad Qahtan, top leaders of Yemen's opposition parties, JMP, said that the state witnesses undeclared state of emergency
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GPC mourns passing away of Atif, demands to hold killers accountable
(Almotamar.net)
2008-07-04 -
Retrieved at: 2008-07-04 20:50:00 GMT
- General Secretariat of the General People's Congress (GPC) mourned Friday the decease of the GPC leading member Ali Atif, Director of the Office of Advisor to the President of the Republic Abdulqader Bajammal, the Secretary General of the GPC. The late Atif died on Thursday evening as he cane under gunfire incident at Hada quarter in the capital Sana'a at the hands of guard members of a leader of the Islah Party
[source: Almotamar Net]
Parliament's suspension of elections draft law, not legal- Al-Shaef
(Almotamar.net)
2008-07-04 -
Retrieved at: 2008-07-04 16:51:00 GMT
- Chairman of the Rights and Freedoms Parliamentary Committee Sheikh Mohammed Bin Naji al-Shaef considered Friday that the parliament suspension discussion on the draft amendment of the general elections and referendum law as not legal and violating the parliament rules and regulations.
Al-Shaef affirmed there isn't any law stipulation of suspending discussion or consideration of any draft presented to the parliament
[source: Almotamar Net]
Yemen, Algeria to sign executive program in endowment, guidance
(Yemen News Agency, Yemen )
2008-07-04 -
Retrieved at: 2008-07-04 16:50:00 GMT
SANA'A, July 04 (Saba)- Yemen and Algeria will sign an executive program for cooperation in the field of religious endowment and Islamic guidance during ...
[source: International sources (through Google)]
YEMEN TENDER: Port cities development programme consultancy (asset ...
(MEED, United Arab Emirates )
2008-07-04 -
Retrieved at: 2008-07-04 16:50:00 GMT
Provision of individual consultancy services comprising an asset management consultant for the port cities development programme. Closing date: 22 July 2008 ...
[source: International sources (through Google)]
1st conference on environment legislations to start in Riyadh
(Yemen News Agency (Saba))
2008-07-04 -
Retrieved at: 2008-07-04 16:50:00 GMT
SANA'A, July 04 (Saba)- Activities of the 1st Arab Conference on Environment Legislations and the accompanying scheduled exhibition will start on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with the participation of Yemen and a number of Arab and foreign countries.
In a statement to Saba, Minister of Water and Environment Abdul-Rahman al-Iryani said upon departure that the three-day conference will discuss issues and topics related to environment and how to protect it against pollution
[source: Yemen News Agency (Saba)]
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