Yemen news items 1993 (Aug-Dec)

Yemen chronologyindex


Date Source Headline
1-Aug-93 TWP Stealth Peace In The Mideast?; New Economic Links Are Creating An Arab-Israeli Detente (1591)
3-Aug-93 RTN Yemen to refine first oil cargo from new field. (304)
6-Aug-93 AP Yemeni Beheaded In Saudi Arabia For Heroin Smuggling (139)
10-Aug-93 RTN Eight killed in tanker fire off Yemen - Lloyd's. (172)
11-Aug-93 SWB Two MiG-21 jet fighters crash over Red Sea; Pilots missing (85)
12-Aug-93 AP Former Aden President To Return Back Home Publicly (263)
14-Aug-93 SWB Prime Minister discusses army reforms with Defence Ministry officials (289)
16-Aug-93 SWB Cooperation agreement signed with Yemen (105)
16-Aug-93 RTN India to buy 15,000 bpd of Yemeni oil. (132)
16-Aug-93 SWB Turkish Cypriots seize arms shipment allegedly bound for Yemen (161)
18-Aug-93 SWB Vice-President in Paris, comments on'useful' meeting with counterpart in USA (320)
19-Aug-93 AP Escaped Bombing Suspects May Have Moved On in Yemen (238)
26-Aug-93 IND Yemen is accused of torture (261)
28-Aug-93 RTN Yemeni security forces foil hijack attempt. (114)
31-Aug-93 RTN Carter pleased with peace talk progress. (360)
31-Aug-93 RTN Former US president Carter meets PLO chief. (412)
1-Sep-93 RTN USDA accepts bids for EEP wheat to Yemen. (109)
2-Sep-93 RTN Mice return to site of Queen of Sheba dam. (230)
2-Sep-93 AP PLO Guerrillas Train For Police Duties in Yemen (369)
2-Sep-93 RTN Agencies say they expose illegal rhino horn trade. (341)
2-Sep-93 RTN Hunt says output in Yemen not hit by Saudi letter. (485)
5-Sep-93 AP Bomb Explodes Near Yemen Premier's Home (131)
5-Sep-93 INS City File: Prospects in Yemen (131)
6-Sep-93 TWP Israel Demands PLO End 5-Year Uprising; Rabin Says Recognition Hinges On Pledge (1207)
8-Sep-93 RTN Yemen buys 30,000 tonnes EEP soft white wheat-USDA. (90)
9-Sep-93 RTN CanOxy says Yemen operations at normal. (166)
9-Sep-93 RTN Total halts Yemen operations after attack - sources. (203)
9-Sep-93 RTN Yemen says oil firms unaffected by Saudi warnings. (252)
10-Sep-93 TWP For Arafat, Another Escape; Leap To Peace Reverses PLO Leader's Losses (1161)
10-Sep-93 RTN Phillips sees no impact on Yemen operations. (365)
10-Sep-93 SWB Yemeni foreign minister supports Gaza-Jericho First; Jordan's call for summit (243)
11-Sep-93 RTN Hamas calls for Palestinian reconciliation talks. (295)
14-Sep-93 RTN Yemen to buy 500,000 tonnes of US wheat. (163)
15-Sep-93 SWB Sudan: Educational and media cooperation with Yemen to be increased (177)
16-Sep-93 AP PLO and Hamas Agree to Disagree - Non-Violently (742)
16-Sep-93 RTN Yemen borrows Dollars 8.4m to rebuild Aden network. (144)
17-Sep-93 SWB Sudan: Bashir meets visiting Yemeni foreign minister (171)
17-Sep-93 RTN Clinton looks for political solution in Somalia. (458)
17-Sep-93 RTN USDA boosts PL480 agreement with Yemen for wheat. (97)
18-Sep-93 AP Palestinian Fighters Around Arab World (265)
19-Sep-93 RTN Arafat calls for release of Hamas founder. (401)
20-Sep-93 RTN IRAQ: Iraq hits out at Israel-PLO accord. (423)
20-Sep-93 AP PLO Leader Arafat Urges Arabs To Unify Behind Peace Pact (679)
20-Sep-93 RTN Yemen buys 25,000 tonnes EEP flour, USDA says. (89)
21-Sep-93 TWP Analysis: Stuck In Somalia?; American Mission Is Unclear, Open-Ended (1517)
21-Sep-93 RTN CBOT wheat ends up as Egypt bids for EEP supplies. (163)
21-Sep-93 RTN Export Business - Grain/oilseeds complex. (412)
21-Sep-93 RTN Soy falls as Russia worries magnify technical slip. (318)
22-Sep-93 RTN Oman signs deal for survey of border with Yemen. (158)
23-Sep-93 RTN Mideast Gulf oil news - roundup. (532)
23-Sep-93 AP Yemen's Oil Output Jumps (457)
24-Sep-93 RTN PAKISTAN: UN officials warn of renewed locust threat. (468)
25-Sep-93 RTN Saleh urges foreign investments in Yemen. (438)
26-Sep-93 AP Yemen Seeks To Mend Fences With Neighbours (221)
27-Sep-93 TWP Collaborators Terrified Of Palestinian Rule; Israeli- Protected Village Of Informers Fears It Will Be Left To Fend For Itself (1198)
28-Sep-93 AP Arafat Seeks PLO Central Council Backing, Opposition Set To Boycott Meeting (336)
28-Sep-93 TWP Letter To The Editor: Cost Of Compensating Palestinian Refugees (252)
28-Sep-93 RTN PL 480 wheat for Yemen - USDA. (88)
28-Sep-93 RTN Oman grants Yemen Dollars 21 mln to finance road link. (147)
29-Sep-93 SWB President Salih discusses Palestine; Democracy; Ties with Egypt and the Gulf (520)
30-Sep-93 RTN List of major earthquakes this century. (647)
30-Sep-93 SWB Middle East Peace Process: PLO envoy discusses aid conference; Confederation with Jordan; Hamas (696)
30-Sep-93 RTN Sultan of Oman to visit Yemen. (153)
1-Oct-93 RTN Non-OPEC oil output falls 0.9 mln bpd in Q2 - survey. (210)
1-Oct-93 SWB Prime minister meets ministers to discuss security of oil companies (238)
2-Oct-93 AP Oman's Sultan Qaboos Pays First Visit To Yemen (419)
5-Oct-93 SWB Yemen - President Salih inaugurates Masilah oil shipments (133)
6-Oct-93 RTN Pacific NW grain vessel weekly clearances. (168)
6-Oct-93 SWB Final session of talks held with Sultan of Oman; Agreements signed by ministers (1027)
6-Oct-93 RTN Saudi Arabia, Yemen postpone border talks. (180)
7-Oct-93 RTN Fatah-Hamas struggle looms after self-rule. (683)
7-Oct-93 RTN Yemen sets presidential elections for Monday. (131)
8-Oct-93 SWB Sultan of Oman reportedly curtails visit because of power-sharing dispute (128)
9-Oct-93 SWB Support for PLO leadership from PLO radio programme broadcast from Yemen (854)
11-Oct-93 GDN Crisis could open door for Yemen's Islamists (371)
11-Oct-93 RTN Saudi firm wants Sweden's OK Petroleum - MEES. (231)
11-Oct-93 SWB Envoy discusses Palestinian meeting in San'a, future of forces in Yemen (171)
11-Oct-93 RTN Islamist party wins seat in Yemen presidency. (289)
12-Oct-93 RTN Arafat to meet France's Mitterrand in Paris next week. (268)
12-Oct-93 RTN Gourmets asked to spare crumb for world's hungry kids. (453)
12-Oct-93 AP Two Britons Detained For Entering and Working Illegally in Yemen (144)
12-Oct-93 RTN UK-Yemen flights to be resumed after 26 years. (312)
12-Oct-93 RTN US inspection destinations for wheat/corn/barley. (194)
13-Oct-93 RTN Yemen, Mauritania seek Arab loans linked to reform. (183)
13-Oct-93 RTN KENYA: Kenya produces less tea in August - brokers. (478)
13-Oct-93 RTN Socialist party boycott plunges Yemen into crisis. (469)
14-Oct-93 DTL Appeal to Yemen (41)
15-Oct-93 RTN French president stops for lunch with Saudi king. (117)
15-Oct-93 AP First Franco-Saudi Summit Held Since Gulf War (632)
15-Oct-93 RTN Export Business - Grain/oilseeds complex. (383)
15-Oct-93 SWB Bid addresses rally on anniversary of October revolution (446)
15-Oct-93 RTN Yemen crisis continues, YSP to boycott council. (459)
16-Oct-93 SWB Bulgaria: Authorities guarantee safety of Syrian embassy after killing of taxi driver (715)
16-Oct-93 RTN Saudi firm wants Sweden's OKP for Dollars 1.5 bln - report. (270)
16-Oct-93 SWB Salih attends military parade on anniversary of October revolution (344)
16-Oct-93 RTN Yemen council re-elects Saleh president. (426)
16-Oct-93 RTN Yemeni council re-elects Saleh president. (109)
17-Oct-93 RTN Mitterrand first French president to visit Yemen. (213)
17-Oct-93 TWP Review: In Somalia, The Saudi Connection; Is America Intervening In The Horn Of Africa To Protect Persian Gulf Oil? (1394)
18-Oct-93 RTN Saudi firm denies it made offer for Sweden's OKP. (202)
18-Oct-93 RTN Saudi-Yemen border talks to resume. (128)
18-Oct-93 AP Mitterrand Arrives For First-Ever Presidential Visit To Yemen (606)
18-Oct-93 RTN Mitterrand in Yemen for two-day visit. (197)
19-Oct-93 RTN Canadian Occidental Q3 net edges higher. (133)
19-Oct-93 RTN Canadian Occidential says Q3 volumes up. (311)
19-Oct-93 RTN Mitterrand ends Yemen visit. (92)
19-Oct-93 AP French President Mitterand Stops Over for Dinner (218)
20-Oct-93 RTN Soccer - Hapless China eye 2002 World Cup finals. (357)
20-Oct-93 SWB Libya: Qadhafi says that Libya has a history of resistance and will not capitulate now (6457)
20-Oct-93 SWB President of France on two-day visit (128)
21-Oct-93 RTN Roundup of this week's Gulf oil industry news. (535)
21-Oct-93 AP Two British Journalists Formally Charged In Yemen (361)
22-Oct-93 MEI Up to the brink
22-Oct-93 FT Yemen charges British journalist (83)
22-Oct-93 SWB Salih receives Mitterrand to discuss cooperation and international affairs (104)
23-Oct-93 AP Interior Ministry Says 23 Western Tourists Safe in Yemen (191)
23-Oct-93 AP Romanian President Winds Up Visit To Yemen (151)
25-Oct-93 RTN Yemen close to choosing LNG export partner - MEES. (257)
25-Oct-93 RTN Yemen may extend Shabwa exploration deals - MEES. (452)
25-Oct-93 RTN Yemen to choose partner for gas exports this week. (580)
25-Oct-93 RTN Yemen's Baidh declines Omani mediation. (370)
26-Oct-93 AP Kuwaiti Crown Prince Warns of Continuing Iraqi Threat (509)
26-Oct-93 RTN Yemen crisis puts strains on local currency. (470)
26-Oct-93 RTN Yemen dismisses disunity, blames enemies in media. (245)
27-Oct-93 RTN OMV to stick to core business. (333)
27-Oct-93 RTN APICORP sees poor outlook for crude oil prices. (533)
28-Oct-93 RTN Roundup of this week's Gulf oil industry news. (495)
28-Oct-93 RTN Yemen to sign deal for free zone in three months. (377)
28-Oct-93 AP Palestinian Security Force Marches in Jericho After Showdown with Troops (599)
29-Oct-93 SWB Vietnam: Agreement signed to establish commission with Yemen (65)
30-Oct-93 SWB Foreign minister returns from visit to Jibuti (145)
30-Oct-93 RTN Nephew of Yemeni vice-president shot dead. (284)
30-Oct-93 SWB Vice-president's sons escape assassination attempt: AFP report (277)
30-Oct-93 RTN Yemeni Vice-President's family attacked, nephew killed. (207)
31-Oct-93 RTN Iran says OPEC may need to reexamine output pact. (710)
31-Oct-93 RTN Price falls confound OPEC, but will it act? (564)
31-Oct-93 RTN Yemenis urge trial of killers of Baidh's nephew. (174)
1-Nov-93 SWB Libya: Qadhafi's address to academics on congress agenda; Reaction to BBC report (12469)
2-Nov-93 SWB Yemen - Germany grants about DM30m in development aid (96)
2-Nov-93 SWB Coalition spokesman calls on coalition to stop'irresponsible' media campaigns (340)
2-Nov-93 SWB Eritrean president arrives on three-day official visit (207)
2-Nov-93 SWB Interior Ministry statement on attack against vice- president's sons and nephew (373)
3-Nov-93 SWB Salih interviewed on Bid's reported comments; Political situation (1130)
3-Nov-93 SWB YSP leader Bid's BBC interview reported; Party denies he hinted at use of force (444)
4-Nov-93 RTN Gunmen seize Yemeni ship in Somalia. (242)
4-Nov-93 SWB House of Representatives discusses causes of'crisis' (380)
5-Nov-93 RTN Egypt briefs Arafat on mediation effort. (289)
5-Nov-93 SWB House of Representatives appeals for'stability' in country (274)
6-Nov-93 RTN Israel says talks with PLO to resume next week. (359)
6-Nov-93 RTN Arafat mediates in Yemeni political crisis. (294)
6-Nov-93 RTN Arafat, Mubarak to decide fate of Taba talks. (401)
7-Nov-93 AP List of the world's driest countries (225)
7-Nov-93 RTN PLO says alleged Palestinian spy still in Tunis. (214)
7-Nov-93 RTN Yemeni parliament trying to reconcile leaders. (255)
8-Nov-93 SWB Algeria: Arafat in Senegal, Yemen and Egypt (209)
8-Nov-93 SWB Conflicting reports of whereabouts of Palestinian official accused of spying (213)
8-Nov-93 AP Saudis Build Strategic Oil Bunkers as Gulf Ponders the Fire Next Time (698)
8-Nov-93 RTN USDA accepts EEP bids for wheat to Yemen. (125)
8-Nov-93 SWB Bid welcomes discussion, expresses confidence in solution to crisis (483)
8-Nov-93 SWB House of Representatives issues statement after debate on'current crisis' (1465)
8-Nov-93 RTN President's party calls for Yemen crisis talks. (375)
9-Nov-93 RTN Yemen No. 2 sees democracy, unity crumbling. (431)
9-Nov-93 RTN Yemen to raise oil output to 350,000 bpd in 1994. (197)
10-Nov-93 RTN USDA comments on export sales. (255)
10-Nov-93 SWB General People's Congress calls for'immediate' joint meeting on crisis (1953)
10-Nov-93 SWB President Salih receives Jibuti's foreign minister (130)
10-Nov-93 RTN Yemen premier links army members to killings. (316)
10-Nov-93 AP Yemeni Leadership Rift Appears To Ease (401)
11-Nov-93 SWB Jordan: King Husayn gives news conference on election results and peace process (6777)
11-Nov-93 TAS Russian Foreign Ministry On Situation In Yemen (247)
11-Nov-93 RTN Non-OPEC output pledges have had some success. (544)
11-Nov-93 RTN Enron sets Yemen LNG development. (203)
11-Nov-93 RTN South Yemen party says merger more like annexation. (567)
12-Nov-93 RTN PLO says it mediates in Yemen. (329)
12-Nov-93 RTN ZEOS Intl names Middle East distributors. (98)
12-Nov-93 SWB Statement issued at end of YSP Central Committee session (994)
12-Nov-93 RTN Yemen army insists it is politically neutral. (396)
13-Nov-93 SWB Iraq:'Al-Qadisiyah' denounces Saudi'interference' in Yemeni affairs (290)
13-Nov-93 SWB No'definitive conclusions' reached in Bid attempted assassination case (106)
13-Nov-93 RTN Yemeni cabinet mediates in crisis. (516)
14-Nov-93 RTN US firm wins Dollars 3.5 billion LNG contract - paper. (236)
15-Nov-93 AP Automatic Gunfire Hits Home Of Yemeni Vice President's Son (292)
15-Nov-93 SWB Russian Foreign Ministry statement on Yemen (267)
15-Nov-93 RTN Clyde Pet. signs deal with Petronas Carigali. (253)
15-Nov-93 RTN OPEC says Britain, Norway unwilling to cut oil output. (646)
15-Nov-93 SWB Cabinet issues statement on the political crisis (1058)
15-Nov-93 SWB Defence Ministry source says military neutral in current crisis: Iraqi report (141)
15-Nov-93 SWB Russian Foreign Ministry statement on Yemen (270)
15-Nov-93 RTN Yemen official urges lifting of investment hurdles. (554)
17-Nov-93 RTN Attack on vice president's son fuels Yemen crisis. (486)
17-Nov-93 RTN SOMALIA: Aideed militia welcome UN resolution. (571)
17-Nov-93 RTN Canadian Oxy sees higher Canada spending. (335)
18-Nov-93 RTN Yemen, US firm in Dollars 3.3 billion gas project. (410)
19-Nov-93 RTN Low-sulphur oil refining margins gain in Singapore. (571)
19-Nov-93 AP South Northern Military Unit Clashes With Southerners, Five Killed (325)
19-Nov-93 RTN Syria says Yemen's unity is important. (165)
19-Nov-93 RTN PLO gathers soldiers for Gaza, Jericho police. (216)
20-Nov-93 AP Southern Army Goes On Alert Around Aden (540)
20-Nov-93 RTN Yemen withdraws army brigade from south. (488)
21-Nov-93 RTN Non-OPEC likely to meet in Yemen in December. (361)
21-Nov-93 AP Yemeni President Reportedly Ready To Meet Vice-President (279)
22-Nov-93 SWB House of Representatives committee and government officials discuss crisis (554)
22-Nov-93 SWB PLA soldiers to assemble in Jordan and Egypt for deployment in Gaza and Jericho (222)
22-Nov-93 RTN US urges Baidh to end feud as Yemen parties meet. (472)
23-Nov-93 IND Radio / Way out west: Robert Hanks on the disappearing Jews of Yemen and the Mormon cowboys of Utah (564)
24-Nov-93 SWB Army commander says military'manifestations' over; Denies reports of clashes (232)
24-Nov-93 RTN British Airways starts flights to Yemen. (168)
24-Nov-93 SWB US ambassador meets Vice-President Bid in Aden; Says he wants end to crisis (277)
25-Nov-93 SWB Bosnia-Hercegovina: Tanjug cites Slovene daily on training mujahidin in sabotage, torture (436)
25-Nov-93 RTN Yemenis haunted by past, uncertain of future. (452)
26-Nov-93 RTN Qat got your tongue? In Yemen, the answer is yes. (715)
26-Nov-93 RTN US diplomat abducted in Yemen. (525)
26-Nov-93 AP US Diplomat Kidnapped In Yemen (555)
26-Nov-93 RTN US official abducted in Yemen. (149)
27-Nov-93 SWB Information minister says no fear of Yemen split; Dialogue will succeed (743)
27-Nov-93 SWB Salih praises Interior Ministry efforts to combat crime; Calls for vigilance (455)
27-Nov-93 SWB Ships being chartered to transport PLO men to Gaza (164)
27-Nov-93 RTN Yemenis seek exiled president's mediation. (437)
27-Nov-93 RTN Tribal sheikh abducts US diplomat in Yemen. (514)
27-Nov-93 TWP US Envoy Abducted In Yemeni Tribal Row (583)
27-Nov-93 RTN Yemeni southern leader calls for federation. (536)
27-Nov-93 RTN Yemeni tribe may free US diplomat in days. (511)
28-Nov-93 RTN Efforts to free US diplomat face problems. (435)
28-Nov-93 RTN Yemeni reconciliation talks indefinitely postponed. (480)
29-Nov-93 AP American Diplomat Released Yemeni Minister Says (474)
29-Nov-93 RTN Anniversary of unity agreement no joy to Yemenis. (442)
29-Nov-93 AP Egyptian President Mubarak Approves 11 Death Sentences Against Muslim Extremists (410)
29-Nov-93 RTN Hopes rise for release of US diplomat in Yemen. (392)
29-Nov-93 SWB Interior Ministry statement regrets kidnap of US diplomat (282)
29-Nov-93 SWB Prime minister receives British official; Letter to Salih (161)
30-Nov-93 SWB Efforts to release US diplomat Mahoney'facing difficulties' (181)
30-Nov-93 RTN Egypt reacts cautiously to Iran's call for talks. (568)
30-Nov-93 RTN Kidnapped US diplomat released in Yemen. (481)
30-Nov-93 AP PLO Presses Ahead With Police Deployment Plans (485)
30-Nov-93 RTN Yemen says US diplomat still held, release near. (469)
1-Dec-93 SWB President Mubarak on governors' appointments, Libya and resisting terrorism (834)
1-Dec-93 SWB INA reports that Yemeni paper says Mahoney'intelligence' man (219)
1-Dec-93 AP Kidnapped American Diplomat Released By Yemeni Captors (638)
1-Dec-93 RTN Kidnapped US diplomat said freed in Yemen. (423)
1-Dec-93 SWB Presidential Council meets, discusses'ongoing dialogue' (151)
2-Dec-93 RTN Sudan aims to form world Islamic power block. (620)
2-Dec-93 RTN Freed US diplomat reunited with tearful wife. (605)
2-Dec-93 SWB Iraqi agency says Vice-President Bid rejects call for federation (174)
2-Dec-93 RTN Diplomat said free but not in US hands. (213)
4-Dec-93 RTN Kuwait seeks help from Iraqi allies to free POWs. (257)
6-Dec-93 RTN Gaddafi contacts Yemeni leaders over split. (317)
6-Dec-93 SWB Jordanian envoys deliver messages to Yemeni leaders (140)
6-Dec-93 SWB Minister accuses Jihad of explosions and political assassinations (205)
7-Dec-93 SWB President accepts vice-president's conditions to end crisis: AFP report (345)
7-Dec-93 SWB President Salih receives Libyan envoy with message from Qadhafi (205)
8-Dec-93 RTN Yemen vice president suggests resignations. (316)
8-Dec-93 SWB Foreign Minister Basindwah says political crisis has redivided the country (360)
9-Dec-93 AP Broad Decline Seen in Human Rights in Major Middle East Countries (510)
9-Dec-93 RTN Jordan offers to host Yemen reconciliation talks. (226)
10-Dec-93 RTN Aden says Sanaa's border troops recalled. (248)
10-Dec-93 SWB German employee of US oil company kidnapped and released (194)
11-Dec-93 AP Yemeni Parliament Calls For Trials Of 'Security' Crimes (277)
13-Dec-93 SWB GPC welcomes YSP's availability for continued dialogue (367)
14-Dec-93 SWB Yemeni Foreign Minister Bisindwah visits Abu Dhabi and Qatar (187)
16-Dec-93 RTN Positive signs to end Yemen's crisis - Mohammed. (352)
16-Dec-93 AP Unfree world list (311)
17-Dec-93 SWB Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki delivers message from Arafat to Salih (107)
17-Dec-93 RTN Military holds up Yemeni premier's motorcade. (482)
18-Dec-93 SWB COS briefs commanders on efforts to eliminate'military tension' (460)
22-Dec-93 RTN Yemeni policeman, gang member die in clash - BBC. (129)
23-Dec-93 RTN A Yemeni isn't fully dressed without his djanbia. (611)
23-Dec-93 SWB Yemeni Socialist Party reaction to Salih call to halt media campaign aginst it (305)
25-Dec-93 RTN Arafat orders part payment for guerrillas. (252)
25-Dec-93 RTN Yemen president offers to meet deputy in Aden. (318)
27-Dec-93 AP PLO Leader In Yemen To Try To Reconcile Leaders (345)
28-Dec-93 RTN Arafat ends Yemen visit. (289)
28-Dec-93 RTN Arafat discussing Yemeni political crisis. (329)
28-Dec-93 AP Yemeni Chief Justice Optimistic Over Crisis Settlement (194)
30-Dec-93 SWB Arafat briefs President Salih on talks with Israel (124)
30-Dec-93 SWB Bid meets defence minister, calls for military neutrality (233)
30-Dec-93 SWB Kuwait denies sending envoys to countries which supported Iraqi invasion (156)
30-Dec-93 SWB President Salih meets ulema, proposes 9th January meeting with Bid (475)
30-Dec-93 SWB President Salih thanks Jordan's King Husayn for his efforts to end the crisis (781)
30-Dec-93 SWB Presidential Council discusses political crisis, military issues, economy (512)
31-Dec-93 SWB Bid urges authorities to put an end to disorder, arrest criminals (182)