Yemen news items 1992

Yemen chronologyindex


Date Source Headline
2-Jan-92 GDN Anguish in the land of Sheba: Of all the bystanders in the Gulf war none suffered more than Yemen. Brian Whitaker re-ports on Arabia's struggling democracy (1928)
2-Jan-92 TWP Bush Pledges 'Constant' US Role In Pacific (990)
4-Jan-92 GDN Rumblings from a distant out-break of democracy: Yemen's new political freedom is worrying the neighbours (1496)
8-Jan-92 SWB Sudan-Yemen Friendship Society formed; aid for Yemeni natural disaster victims (139)
13-Jan-92 SWB Visits by Sudanese and British delegations (266)
20-Jan-92 SWB DFLP leader confers with President Salih (147)
22-Jan-92 SWB China and Yemen sign agreement on sports cooperation (67)
22-Jan-92 SWB Salih Addresses Interior Ministry On Security And Democratisation (1113)
24-Jan-92 GDN Environment: Getting dug in to Sheba's terraces – Brian Whitaker describes how Yemen's mountain farmers are learning to control rainwater (1383)
24-Jan-92 DJ Canadian Occidental Updates Yemen Exploration Program (285)
24-Jan-92 SWB CIS - Possible tank exports to Netherlands and Yemen (213)
29-Jan-92 TWP Palestinians Boycott Moscow Peace Talks; Saudis, Other Arabs Meet With Israelis (934)
30-Jan-92 SWB Jibuti Prime Minister returns from talks in Yemen (108)
4-Feb-92 SWB Yemen - Estimated GDP for 1991 of 97.1bn riyals / Finance Minister's statement (259)
11-Feb-92 SWB Yemen - African oil producers back OPEC production cuts (747)
11-Feb-92 SWB Yemen - Investment programme for announced (74)
19-Feb-92 SWB Latvian Prime Minister visits Yemen; Diplomatic ties established (281)
20-Feb-92 TWP Pentagon War Scenario Spotlights Russia; Study Of Potential Threats Presumes US Would Defend Lithuania (2455)
3-Mar-92 SWB PLO leader meets Vice-President and others during visit to San'a (319)
3-Mar-92 SWB President reportedly appoints deputy prime minister
17-Mar-92 SWB Arafat in Yemen - Has meeting with Salih (310)
31-Mar-92 SWB Jibuti: Weapons captured aboard ship bound for Yemen (82)
16-Apr-92 IND Saudis warn oil companies on Yemen frontier (441)
22-Apr-92 SWB Saudi ambassador thanks the authorities for their actions (260)
28-Apr-92 TWP Series: Islam: Politics And Piety: (3/3): Saudi Arabia: A True Islamic Society?; Riyadh Faces Different Kind Of Opposition (860)
30-Apr-92 DJ US Court Backs Deporting Man Sentenced To Death In Yemen
30-Apr-92 DJ Yemen Geophysical Database To Be Available Through Geonex
5-May-92 DJ Cdn Oxy Pete Raises Estimate Of Yemen Reserves To 300M Bbls
5-May-92 DJ UPDATED ON 06:05:92 Cdn Oxy Pete Raises Estimate Of Yemen Reserves To 300M Bbls (485)
5-May-92 SWB President congratulates Mojaddedi on taking power in Afghanistan (168)
5-May-92 SWB Prime Minister and PLO leader discuss bilateral ties, Washington talks (124)
11-May-92 SWB Foreign Minister leaves for Oman with message from Salih to Sultan Qabus (74)
11-May-92 SWB Meeting of cabinet and other bodies decides to strengthen security (211)
13-May-92 SWB Council of Representatives approves government security plan (148)
13-May-92 SWB Presidential decree pardons named individuals (307)
16-May-92 TWP Israel's Shamir In Bitter Re-Election Fight; Prime Minister Assumes Role Of Embattled Underdog Against Labor (1317)
18-May-92 SWB Saudi Arabia said to want better ties with Yemen, border mediation by USA denied (476)
18-May-92 SWB President receives message from Sultan Qabus on border demarcation (83)
19-May-92 DJ ARCO Says It Was Not Notified About Yemen Border Dispute
19-May-92 SWB Omani minister leaves after discussing border demarcation (151)
20-May-92 DTL Sharon reveals Yemen plan (61)
21-May-92 GDN Israeli shutters come down on plan to get Jews out of Yemen
21-May-92 IND Sharon in row over Yemen Jews (112)
23-May-92 SWB General People's Congress and DFLP meeting held
23-May-92 SWB Vice-President addresses security committee meeting in Aden (268)
26-May-92 SWB Minister thanks Saudi Arabia for aid and praises relations (171)
26-May-92 SWB President Salih discusses relations with DFLP Secretary-General Hawatimah (143)
30-May-92 SWB PLO Chairman Arafat Arrives In Yemen For Consultations
30-May-92 SWB Two arrested on charges of attempting to kill Justice Minister (51)
31-May-92 KEE Relations with Saudi Arabia (348)
1-Jun-92 TWP Arab States Challenged By Emboldened Human Rights Groups (1517)
12-Jun-92 SWB Yemen and Uzbekistan hold economic talks (164)
13-Jun-92 SWB Defence Establishment Vows To Defend Country's Security And Sovereignty (400)
17-Jun-92 SWB Assassination of Prime Minister's brother (70)
1-Jul-92 IND Yemen appeals for refugee aid (63)
2-Jul-92 SWB Prime Minister says border talks with Saudi Arabia to resume within two weeks (82)
4-Jul-92 TWP Somali War Refugees Find Sorrow At Sea (2100)
9-Jul-92 GDN Somali exodus engulfs Yemen (463)
9-Jul-92 SWB Romania - Yemen / Joint committee meeting and agreement on cooperation (120)
12-Jul-92 TWP Yemen Tries To Liberalize, Sell Oil - But Faces Saudi Anger (1321)
16-Jul-92 FT World News in Brief: 58 die in Yemen air crash (41)
16-Jul-92 GDN Yemen air crash (36)
16-Jul-92 SWB Sixty-eight killed in plane crash near Aden (208)
21-Jul-92 SWB Minister leaves for Geneva talks with Saudi Arabia on border issues (133)
22-Jul-92 SWB Cordial' Geneva meeting with Saudis, No date set for further discussions (188)
4-Aug-92 SWB Agreement on setting up of refugee camp for Somalis signed with UNHCR (140)
7-Aug-92 SWB Details of returnees from Somalia and the Gulf (209)
8-Aug-92 GDN Yemeni Jewish exodus planned (479)
9-Aug-92 TWP Features: The Twilight Of Yasser Arafat; Why The PLO Chairman Really Doesn't Matter Anymore (1468)
12-Aug-92 DJ Red Eagle - Yemen -2-: Pact For Oil, Gas Exploration >REDX (1 44)
20-Aug-92 SWB PLO Leader in Arafat arrives in San'a for talks (96)
24-Aug-92 SWB Rocket attack on home of parliamentary speaker (153)
25-Aug-92 SWB Foreign Reaction to Iraqi Exclusion Zone: Libyan radio criticises attempts aimed at 'tearing apart' Arab nation (277)
25-Aug-92 SWB Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister continues his official visit (270)
26-Aug-92 TWP Iraq Threatens UN Expulsions Over Allied 'No-Fly Zone'; Many Arabs Critical Of Initiative (1239)
26-Aug-92 SWB Committee set up to investigate recent disturbances (80 )
28-Aug-92 SWB UN Exclusion Zone Over Southern Iraq: Yemen - Government's 'support and backing' for Iraq (144)
6-Sep-92 TWP Analysis: Shifting Sand: Rethinking The Changed 'Middle East' (1988)
9-Sep-92 TWP Letters To The Editor: Yugoslav Tragedy (449)
9-Sep-92 SWB Libya: Qadhafi's Speech To Revolutionary Green Guards: Bosnia, Southern Iraq, Water (3228)
11-Sep-92 GDN Environment: Testimony of an environmental refugee (493)
26-Sep-92 GDN Murders provoke crisis in The PM is said to have quit the shaky coalition, writes Deborah Pugh (445)
28-Sep-92 SWB Salih receives message from King Fahd on revolution anniversary (151)
29-Sep-92 SWB Iraqi official meets Palestinian and Yemeni notables in San'a (237)
30-Sep-92 SWB Iraq: Foreign Minister meets PLO, Jordanian and Yemeni ministers at UN (158)
30-Sep-92 SWB Yemeni President speaks about internal political differences, Saudi border issue (284)
2-Oct-92 GDN Qatar accuses Saudi Arabia of capturing border post: Emirate revokes frontier agreement in protest as Riyadh denies clash (565)
3-Oct-92 SWB Iran: Minister Says Third Parties Want To Exaggerate Importance Of Abu Musa Issue (805)
3-Oct-92 SWB Yemen And Oman Sign Border Agreement (749)
6-Oct-92 SWB Abu Musa Issue: Iran Benefits From Historical 'Precedence' In Territorial Issues (1096)
6-Oct-92 GDN Election takes Yemen to the crossroads: With 30 parties jostling for electoral position, next month's planned vote will strain unity, Fred Halliday writes (962)
7-Oct-92 SWB GCC welcomes Oman-Yemen border agreement (86)
17-Oct-92 SWB Middle East Peace Talks: Palestine Liberation Army officer arrested for being in pay of Iran: AFP report (171)
20-Oct-92 SWB Yemen - China grants 50m-yuan interest-free loan (100)
21-Oct-92 DJ Helmerich & Payne Recontracts 5 Rigs, Sees Rise In 1993 Net (124)
23-Oct-92 SWB Iraq: Saddam Addresses Popular Forces Conference; Stresses Unity Of Arab Nation (2371)
24-Oct-92 SWB Iraqi agency reports seizure of 'monitoring equipment' for UK embassy in Yemen (70)
27-Oct-92 SWB Iran: UN sub-commission meeting on drugs opens in Tehran (283)
30-Oct-92 SWB Tunisia: PLO Chairman's Adviser Says Israeli Stance Prevents Progress In Talks (791)
4-Nov-92 SWB PRC: Laws, Treaties And Conventions (1658)
5-Nov-92 DJ LL&E Yemen In Participation Pact On Al-Hajar Block In Yemen (165)
6-Nov-92 GDN April election for Yemen (95)
6-Nov-92 SWB Elections set for 18th February 1993; Postponement discussed: Iraqi reports (343)
7-Nov-92 SWB Yemeni parliamentary elections set for 27th April 1993 (56)
14-Nov-92 GDN Asia's tigers losing fight for their bones (466)
17-Nov-92 SWB Somalia: Ali Mahdi appeals to Yemen to help refugees (153)
18-Nov-92 SWB Yasir Arafat in Sudan and Yemen; Meeting with Hamas reportedly cancelled (172)
19-Nov-92 DJ Occidental Pete To Freeze Salaries, Cut 500 Jobs (561)
19-Nov-92 DJ UPDATED ON 20:11:92 Occidental Pete To Freeze Salaries, Cut 500 Jobs (563)
21-Nov-92 SWB Qadhafi Announces Plan To Divide Up Half Of Oil Income Among Libyan Families (7285)
23-Nov-92 SWB Statement On Postponement Of Elections Says Call For Strike Should Be Ignored (932)
28-Nov-92 SWB New Deputy Director of Xinhua Hong Kong branch appointed (128)
3-Dec-92 SWB President Salih On Merging Of Armed Forces; Says No Alternative To Democracy (474)
4-Dec-92 SWB ICO Foreign Ministers' Meeting On Bosnia: Final Statement (3368)
7-Dec-92 SWB Government welcomes UN Security Council resolution on Somalia (291)
8-Dec-92 GDN Books: Arabs in Exile: Yemeni Migrants in Urban Britain (823)
10-Dec-92 SWB Iran: Commentary attributes US action in Somalia to 'emerging trade conflict' in West (510)
11-Dec-92 SWB Egypt: 'Large Number' Killed And Injured In Clashes In Ta'izz (374)
11-Dec-92 SWB Cabinet meets to discuss wages and other economic issues (72)
11-Dec-92 SWB Presidential Council Condemns Violence In Ta'izz (322)
12-Dec-92 SWB Riots continue in Yemen; 11 killed and 48 injured in two days of clashes (159)
12-Dec-92 GDN Uneasy calm after Yemeni riots (510)
12-Dec-92 SWB Prime Minister Expresses Regret About Recent Riots And Strikes (375)
14-Dec-92 SWB Jordan: Government Official Interviewed On Damage And Casualty Figures After Rioting (545)
14-Dec-92 SWB Friday prayer preachers condemn recent rioting (230)
14-Dec-92 SWB Interior Ministry says situation calm after further clashes in San'a (180)
15-Dec-92 SWB Visiting Yemeni official reportedly condemns UN sanctions against Libya (144)
15-Dec-92 FT Yemen PM 'quit after riots' (94)
17-Dec-92 SWB Government Adopts New Political And Economic Measures Following Riots (1046)
18-Dec-92 SWB Foreign Minister On Disturbances, Economic Future, Relations With Saudi Arabia (934)
21-Dec-92 SWB Russia: World Bank on ex-Soviet states' debt: Money owed by former client states (353)
21-Dec-92 SWB Arashi receives Arafat; Discusses election preparations (172)
29-Dec-92 SWB Omani-Yemeni border agreement ratified (76)