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Concern over armed presence in Taiz
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2012-02-02
TAIZ, Feb. 1 — People in Taiz have become concerned since armed figures started appearing in the city over the last couple days. Some roads were also closed during this time.
Mohammed Sa'eed, a shopkeeper, speaking with the Yemen Times, said, “We had started feeling everything was returning to normal 
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American drone strikes provoke Yemenis against interim government
(Yemen Times Online) -
2012-02-02
ABYAN, Feb. 1 — Many Yemenis, and especially those in Abyan governorate, are blaming the new government for a loss of sovereignty after a US drone strike killed 11 Al-Qaeda members on Yemeni soil on Monday.
The drones fired four missles; two exploded and the remaining two are still 'active' and “may explode at any time,” eyewitnesses – who have been present for such strikes in the past - told the Yemen Times
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Training course for English teachers in rural areas
(Yemen Times Online) -
2012-02-02
SANA’A, Feb. 1 — A three-day training session for 100 English teachers in rural areas concluded its activities on Monday in Sana’a. Speaking about future plans for the nation, Yemen's Deputy Minister of Education said, “The ministry will be in need of 12,000 new English teachers nationwide.”
During the three-day session, teachers worked on writing and reading teaching skills in order to improve their ability to help students acquire the English language
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Insecurity profile in Aden during January
(Yemen Times Online) -
2012-02-02
ADEN, Feb, 1 — An unidentified armed group of men intercepted the Saudi Deputy Consul in Aden, Abdullah Al-Khaledi, as he traveled home from work on Monday.
The men forced the Saudi diplomat to exit his vehicle while on his way to his home in Aden's Al-Mansoura city. The men, armed with assault rifles and machine guns, confiscated the diplomat's car and some personal belongings
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Yemen postpones new weekend
(Yemen Times Online) -
2012-02-02
SANA’A, Jan. 29 – The new Friday-Saturday weekend, scheduled to begin in February, has been delayed until March, according to the Minister of Civil Service and Insurance.
“It has been delayed but is expected to be in place in March,” state-run Al-Jumhorya newspaper quoted Nabil Shamsan as saying on Wednesday
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Jews of Yemen are looking to play a political role in Yemen
(Yemen Online)
2012-05-19 -
Retrieved at: 2012-05-19 23:12:00 GMT
20/05/2012Rabbi of the Jewish community in Yemen, Yahya Youssef Moussa, Called the Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the Government to adopt the Jewish community participation in political action through the allocation of seats in parliament and the Shura Council. "I demand the government's new attention to this aspect and working on the allocation of seats for members of the community in the Consultative Council and Parliament , in order to feel
[source: Yemen Online]
FM meets ambassadors, representatives of Yemen Friends
(Yemen News Agency (Saba))
2012-05-19 -
Retrieved at: 2012-05-19 23:10:00 GMT
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SANA'A, May 19 (Saba) – Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Qirbi has met with ambassadors and representatives of Yemen Friends group's countries and organizations.
The meeting discussed the current arrangements of the group's ministerial meeting scheduled to be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh on Wednesday as well as the distribution of Riyadh meeting's agenda and action papers to be presented in
[source: Yemen News Agency (Saba)]
Why Jordanian Jihadists Prefer Yemen ?
(Yemen Online)
2012-05-19 -
Retrieved at: 2012-05-19 20:13:00 GMT
19/05/2012On our way to the city of Zarqa, the stronghold of the Jihadist Salafist movement in Jordan, we were stopped by two Jihadists. Then we were transferred in one of their vehicles to the birthplace of the leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Ahmed Fadel Khalayleh, also known as "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," who was killed in Iraq in 2006
[source: Yemen Online]
22 al Qaeda militants killed in clashes with Yemeni troops
(Yemen Online)
2012-05-19 -
Retrieved at: 2012-05-19 20:13:00 GMT
19/05/2012At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a new U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in the south of the country, officials said on Saturday. Fighting erupted late on Friday and carried on into Saturday on the outskirts of the southern city of Jaar, held by Islamist militants, who have stepped up their campaign during months of political turmoil
[source: Yemen Online]
Yemen's hidden war against al-Qaeda
(Yemen Online)
2012-05-19 -
Retrieved at: 2012-05-19 20:13:00 GMT
19/05/2012Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). More than 130 people have reportedly been killed. Largely unseen by the rest of the world, artillery shells are crashing into mountainsides, gunmen are blazing off their AK-47s in the sweltering heat of the open desert and Yemeni air force warplanes are carrying out airstrikes
[source: Yemen Online]
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