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Yemen news items 1988

 

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Date Source Headline
1-Jan-88 TWP Around The World: South Yemen Executes 5 (104)
5-Jan-88 AP Dutch Foreign Minister Van den Broek to visit Sudan and North Yemen (274)
5-Jan-88 TAS Fresh Protests Flare Up In Occupied Territories (822)
5-Jan-88 SWB North Yemen concludes Co-operation agreement with USSR (429)
11-Jan-88 SWB Conference of Arab ruling parties in Libya (105)
16-Jan-88 SWB Israel: Disturbances on Jerusalem's Temple Mount (263)
17-Jan-88 AP Record 161 countries to participate in 1988 Olympic Games (910)
18-Jan-88 AP South Yemen demands that North Yemen give over former president Mohammed to face execution (369)
19-Jan-88 SWB Libya Says The British Government 'Distorted' BBC Interviews With Qadhafi And 'Suppressed' A 'Times' Article (6143)
20-Jan-88 AP Focus on Arab-Israeli tensions in the Gaza Strip town of Beersheba (682)
20-Jan-88 SWB PPSF Secretary-General in the PDRY (427)
20-Jan-88 AP US State Department puts North Korea on its list of countries that support terrorism (510)
21-Jan-88 TAS State-Sponsored Terrorism - US Policy (574)
22-Jan-88 SWB South Yemen: Communique On Supreme People'S Council Session (1016)
22-Jan-88 GDN Third World Review (North-South): North Yemen bans Allah (171)
23-Jan-88 AP Tunisia and Egypt resume diplomatic relations (239)
24-Jan-88 AP Tunisian Premier al-Baccouche arrives in Syria as part of tour boosting ties with Arab leader (302)
25-Jan-88 AP Soviet Union to develop South Yemen's oil fields (198)
27-Jan-88 SWB Iranian Comment On Arab League Meeting (531)
29-Jan-88 SWB Meeting of Soviet-South Yemeni co-operation commission (107)
30-Jan-88 SWB Democratic Yemen delegation in Bulgaria (51)
31-Jan-88 KEE EGYPT Renomination of President - Attacks on former ministers - Foreign relations - Economy (2255)
1-Feb-88 AP Analysis of role played by Senator Helms in stalling US ambassadorial nominations (700)
2-Feb-88 SWB Ethiopia-South Yemen talks on strengthening co-operation (197)
2-Feb-88 SWB South Yemen: Law issued on 1988 economic and social plan (231)
6-Feb-88 SWB Visitors to and from Hungary (101)
8-Feb-88 SWB Chinese workers go to Middle East: policy reviewed (184)
9-Feb-88 SWB South Yemen: 1988 trade protocol signed with Ethiopia (198)
9-Feb-88 SWB South Yemen: YSP reconstitutes political and technical committee (362)
9-Feb-88 TAS UNESCO Body Ends Session (474)
10-Feb-88 SWB PRC: Tianjin signs overseas work projects (99)
13-Feb-88 AP Eight seamen released by Christian militia in Lebanon after seven weeks (512)
13-Feb-88 AP Lebanese President Gemayel arrives on official visit to North Yemen (272)
13-Feb-88 SWB South Yemen President'S Address On Revolutionary Martyrs' Day (1105)
15-Feb-88 SWB Bomb found on plane to be used by Lebanese President Jumayyil (81)
16-Feb-88 AP Investigators to brief Lebanese President Gemayel on assassination attempt (413)
16-Feb-88 SWB Saudi-YAR joint committee session opens (93)
16-Feb-88 SWB South Yemen: Talks held with USSR on mineral co-operation (192)
18-Feb-88 SWB GDR Deputy Justice Minister in Aden (247)
18-Feb-88 SWB South Yemen: YAR officials in Aden to discuss the re- unification process (189)
19-Feb-88 TAS Gorbachyov Statement On Afghanistan - Response from Yemen (167)
19-Feb-88 SWB Yemen (South): Soviet help in oil industry (111)
25-Feb-88 SWB PRC: CCP delegation leaves for YAR, PDRY (57)
25-Feb-88 TWP Saudis Moving Toward Formal Ties With Soviet Union (880)
25-Feb-88 SWB Supreme Mufti of YAR in Peking (60)
29-Feb-88 KEE ARAB LEAGUE Amman summit (1175)
29-Feb-88 AP North Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh says Israel may attack his country (411)
1-Mar-88 TAS Ali Salim Al-Biedh Leaves Moscow For Home (38)
1-Mar-88 SWB Libyan delegation arrives in South Yemen on exchange visit (179)
3-Mar-88 SWB Soviet Official Ligachev meets PDRY leader (208)
5-Mar-88 SWB Britain's Mellor received by North Yemen Foreign Minister (53)
8-Mar-88 AP Arab League receives official request for special Arab summit (132)
11-Mar-88 SWB Syrian President On National Unity, Self-Reliance And The Arab Fight Against Colonialism (7426)
12-Mar-88 AP PLO and Arab League condemn US decision to close PLO observer mission at the UN (324)
15-Mar-88 SWB Leipzig Fair: Walkabout By GDR Leader Erich Honecker (3828)
15-Mar-88 SWB South Yemen Supreme Council ratifies agreements (210)
17-Mar-88 SWB Jordan's King Husayn leaves for Saudi Arabia and North Yemen (73)
18-Mar-88 SWB Japan to buy North Yemen oil to bypass Gulf (73)
18-Mar-88 AP Jordanian Premier Rifai flies to Moscow for talks with Soviet officals (180)
18-Mar-88 AP PLO leader Arafat leads funeral procession for his elder brother who died of liver cancer in Egypt (418)
24-Mar-88 TAS Arafat On Casualties Among Palestinians (103)
26-Mar-88 TAS Arafat's Talks With PDRY Foreign Minister (157)
29-Mar-88 SWB S Yemen: Soviet delegation promises support for oil projects (168)
1-Apr-88 TAS USSR - Ophthalmological Aid For Foreigners (257)
4-Apr-88 SWB S Yemen official denies border clashes with N Yemen (61)
4-Apr-88 AP South Yemen to become oil exporting country in 1989 (228)
5-Apr-88 TWP Analysis: In Mideast, Warfare With A New Nature; Chemical Arms, Ballistic Missiles Mark New Nature Of Mideast Warfare (1493)
5-Apr-88 SWB South Yemen and USSR sign health agreements (110)
6-Apr-88 SWB Qadhafi opens session of Libyan-Tunisian joint commission: Announces withdrawal of forces at border (7371)
6-Apr-88 SWB South Yemen party leader opens party consultative meeting (576)
8-Apr-88 SWB Visitors: Bulgaria (106)
8-Apr-88 SWB Visitors: Czechoslovakia (180)
12-Apr-88 SWB Minutes of meeting signed on joint Yemeni natural resources project (152)
15-Apr-88 SWB PLO: Arafat in North and South Yemen (51)
16-Apr-88 SWB Mozambican President meets visiting South Yemen party delegation (77)
17-Apr-88 TAS PDRY Foreign Ministry Welcomes Agreements On Afghanistan (114)
18-Apr-88 SWB North Yemen: PDRY party leader in the YAR (52)
19-Apr-88 SWB Salih and Bid hold Yemeni unity talks in North Yemen (2059)
21-Apr-88 SWB Mozambique: South Yemen party delegation signs co-operation agreement (98)
21-Apr-88 AP Today in History (338)
23-Apr-88 SWB YAR, PDRY leaders report on unity talks (650)
25-Apr-88 AP Syrian President Assad and PLO Chairman Arafat meet in attempt to end five years of bloody rivalry (785)
26-Apr-88 SWB N Yemen President on oil production and Yemeni unity: North will not allow attacks on South (706)
26-Apr-88 SWB North Yemen: Loan agreement with Arab Fund endorsed by President (91)
27-Apr-88 SWB Afghanistan: April revolution anniversary marked at gala function (1145)
29-Apr-88 TWP Armenian Terrorist Leader Murdered (431)
30-Apr-88 SWB Afghanistan: Najibollah receives foreign delegations (195)
2-May-88 SWB ASALA says Armenian killed in Athens had been 'excluded' from group (134)
2-May-88 SWB PDRY: Party central committee session discusses Yemeni unity (619)
2-May-88 SWB PDRY: Soviet admiral completes provincial tour (249)
3-May-88 AP Labour experts from 20 countries meet for anti-apartheid conference in Harare (223)
4-May-88 SWB S Yemen writers' union denounces attempts to instigate Yemen war (832)
5-May-88 SWB PDRY party leader in YAR with senior delegation (159)
5-May-88 SWB USSR: International Bank for Economic Co-operation - 68th session of council (331)
6-May-88 FT Commodities And Agriculture: Swedish Oil Group Signs Yemen Contract (363)
6-May-88 SWB North and South Yemen agreements on unity moves, oil project and joint border posts (1169)
6-May-88 AP WHO report says only half the world's children are immunized against polio (375)
7-May-88 SWB North/South Yemen joint exploration agreement (960)
12-May-88 TAS US Embassy Fired At (57)
13-May-88 SWB South Yemen and Benin establish diplomatic relations (50)
14-May-88 SWB S Yemen party leader in Bulgaria (29)
17-May-88 AP Greek official confirms identity of slain ASALA leader Agop Agopian (277)
19-May-88 SWB Yugoslavia: Yemen Arab Republic - Energoprojekt to build road (72)
22-May-88 AP Egyptian President Mubarak arrives in North Yemen (240)
22-May-88 AP South Yemen plans to more than double capacity of Aden oil refinery (233)
24-May-88 SWB S and N Yemen preparing for joint oil extraction project (101)
26-May-88 SWB Egyptian president's visit to Yar: Joint co-operation committee set up (962)
26-May-88 TWP US Asks Soviets, Chinese To Cease Ballistic Missile Sales In Middle East (802)
31-May-88 KEE KOREA North-South relations (2472)
3-Jun-88 AP Fijian police arrest Indian suspected of shipping arms to Fiji (480)
4-Jun-88 SWB Yemen: PDRY Interior Minister leaves for talks with YAR counterpart (318)
6-Jun-88 AP President of United Arb Emirates Sheik Zayed leaves for Algiers Arab summit (202)
7-Jun-88 SWB Afghan Foreign Minister meets UN Secretary-General in New York (328)
7-Jun-88 AP Fiji security forces discover more illegal arms smuggled in from the Middle East (397)
7-Jun-88 SWB North Yemen: Agreement with Libya approved (129)
7-Jun-88 SWB South Yemen: Prime Minister opens Chinese-assisted road project (181)
7-Jun-88 SWB South Yemen: PTA countries discuss countertrade, streamlining of freight regulations (1256)
7-Jun-88 SWB South Yemen: PTA travellers' cheques issued (195)
10-Jun-88 SWB YAR finance delegation in China's Shangdong Province (63)
13-Jun-88 SWB North and South Yemen: Easier travel between north and south to start in July (264)
15-Jun-88 SWB Chad warns of libyan overflights and strengthening of forces (551)
15-Jun-88 SWB North Korea: Joint venture companies, need for foreign currency (227)
15-Jun-88 AP US Secretary of State Shultz reportedly to send Middle East aide to Iran (207)
16-Jun-88 SWB USSR: Visit by North Yemen Deputy Premier (228)
19-Jun-88 AP US envoy Murphy arrives in Yemen as part of eight nation tour (528)
20-Jun-88 AP North and South Yemen set up joint oil company (258)
21-Jun-88 SWB Aden police chief on movement between North and South Yemen (178)
22-Jun-88 SWB Egyptian and Libyan reaction to Murphy's Middle East tour (867)
24-Jun-88 AP Today in History (291)
24-Jun-88 SWB Yemen: Anniversary of 'corrective movement' of 22nd june in PDRY (202)
27-Jun-88 AP Private US population report says Sweden and Finland lead in the status of women (782)
28-Jun-88 SWB South Yemen signs agreements with USSR on gold and oil exploitation (133)
28-Jun-88 SWB South Yemen: Soviet delegation consults on Shabwah oil exploration project (584)
28-Jun-88 AP US envoy Murphy says America will not resume relations with Iran until Gulf war with Iraq ends (750)
29-Jun-88 SWB PDRY party delegation in North Korea received by Kim Il- sung (134)
29-Jun-88 AP US envoy Murphy delivers message from President Reagan to emir of Bahrain (387)
29-Jun-88 SWB Yemen: YAR Interior Ministry source on travel to PDRY (182)
4-Jul-88 SWB Cross-border agreement between North and South Yemen (55)
7-Jul-88 SWB Council For Mutual Economic Assistance: Co-operative movement (109)
8-Jul-88 AP Israeli singer Ofra Haza tops West German pop music charts with mixture of folk and funk sung in Hebrew (266)
17-Jul-88 AP North Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh resigns (320)
25-Jul-88 AP Soviet Navy escorts ships carrying Kuwaiti oil through the Persian Gulf (656)
29-Jul-88 SWB Yemen Arab Republic: New cabinet to be appointed (35)
30-Jul-88 SWB Arafat in Baghdad for PLO Central Council meeting (82)
31-Jul-88 KEE SOMALIA Attempted coup - Government changes - International finances - Budget - Activities of opposition movements - Foreign relations (4756)
1-Aug-88 AP North Yemen President Saleh swears in new cabinet after elections (281)
2-Aug-88 AP Arab League committee seeking end to Gulf War meets Iraqi officials (374)
2-Aug-88 SWB South Yemen: Co-operation agreement on maritime transport signed with USSR (98)
2-Aug-88 AP Today in History (350)
3-Aug-88 TWP Gulf Talks Thrown In Confusion; Tough Iraqi Statement Prompts Testy Exchanges At United Nations (1033)
3-Aug-88 SWB S Yemen leader in Czechoslovakia (64)
6-Aug-88 SWB North Yemen: Trade co-operation minutes signed with Libya (126)
6-Aug-88 SWB Relief aid to Sudan (174)
8-Aug-88 SWB S Yemen President in Prague (112)
8-Aug-88 SWB USSR: North Yemen Interior Ministry delegation visits Moscow (81)
8-Aug-88 SWB YSP delegation visits USSR (56)
10-Aug-88 AP Sudanese official gives warning of new flood danger (647)
13-Aug-88 SWB South Yemen: Peace and solidarity movement's conference (1023)
14-Aug-88 AP US gives UN 15 million dollars in delinquent dues and pleges to pay all outstanding debts (313)
15-Aug-88 SWB Foreign Minister of North Yemen in Czechoslovakia and Hungary (84)
15-Aug-88 SWB Poland: South Yemen - First hard-currency trade agreement (82)
15-Aug-88 AP UN official says water-borne epidemics are expected to kill thousands in Sudan (685)
16-Aug-88 SWB Fisheries agreement signed with S Yemen (118)
16-Aug-88 AP International Fund for Agricultural Development approves 73.5 million dollars in loans for Third World (249)
16-Aug-88 SWB PDRY President interviewed on moves towards Yemeni unity (151)
18-Aug-88 SWB Hungary: Ikarus bus production in first half of 1988 (231)
19-Aug-88 AP Israeli Ambassador Shamir presents his credentials to Egyptian President Mubarak (145)
19-Aug-88 SWB South Yemen: Soviet party official Brutents visiting (161)
21-Aug-88 AP Today in History (319)
21-Aug-88 AP UN boats deployed to monitor Gulf War cease-fire patrol strait of Hormuz and Shatt Al-Arab (802)
22-Aug-88 AP Egyptian official hints at improved relations with Israel (312)
24-Aug-88 AP Today in History (287)
25-Aug-88 SWB South Yemen: Minister returns from North (211)
26-Aug-88 AP Lebanese army commander General Aoun fails to win Arab recognition for 4-day-old Christian military Cabinet (680)
27-Aug-88 AP Report says AIDS claiming almost one victim a minute (587)
29-Aug-88 SWB North Yemen government policy statement (2811)
30-Aug-88 SWB North Yemen: Co-operation agreement with the FRG (56)
31-Aug-88 KEE Djibouti Internal and foreign policy developments (1407)
3-Oct-88 SWB Sudanese prime minister's visits to North and South Yemen (1364)
4-Oct-88 SWB Czechoslovakia: CPCZ Presidium session (668)
4-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: IFAD loans for Guinea and Lesotho (120)
4-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Locust control in the Sahel (68)
4-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Uganda-Tanzania transport meeting - Regional air system planned (659)
4-Oct-88 SWB Sudan: Further welcome for Ugandan peace initiative (419)
5-Oct-88 SWB Other recent visitors to China (260)
7-Oct-88 SWB PDRY party delegation in China (52)
7-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Bid on Yemeni unity, relations with other Arab countries (544)
8-Oct-88 TAS General Political Discussion At United Nations (455)
10-Oct-88 AP Ethiopian President Mengistu leaves for Syrian visit (137)
11-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Chinese aid for road project (109)
11-Oct-88 SWB Syria and South Yemen sign protocol on movement of citizens (113)
13-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen Prime Minister's successful operation at a London hospital (62)
14-Oct-88 TAS 25th Anniversary Of Revolution In South Yemen (131)
15-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen marks silver jubilee of 14th October revolution (99)
15-Oct-88 SWB Visitors: Poland (188)
17-Oct-88 SWB Horn of Africa leaders meet in Aden (89)
17-Oct-88 AP Palestinian leader Arafat meets Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid (307)
18-Oct-88 AP IISS report predicts global spread of chemical weapons (1215)
20-Oct-88 TAS CPSU Central Committee And Politburo Holds Regular Meeting (310)
20-Oct-88 SWB Soviet military delegation visits South and North Yemen (224)
24-Oct-88 SWB Egypt willing to hold joint exercises with Arab navies in Red Sea (425)
25-Oct-88 SWB North Yemen: Visit by Soviet military delegation (239)
25-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Party leader on economic and social development (313)
25-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Somali President opens electrical plant (103)
25-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: Visit by Omani minister (76)
27-Oct-88 AP Arab States and the PLO respond positively to UAE call for summit on Lebanon (357)
30-Oct-88 AP South Yemen President Al-Attas tours health and industrial projects in Oman (461)
31-Oct-88 SWB South Yemen: PDRY President in Oman (125)
31-Oct-88 TAS Soviet Union And Yemen Exchange Congratulatory Messages On 60th Anniversary Of Their First Treaty Of Friendship And Trade (147)
31-Oct-88 FT World News In Brief: Oman-South Yemen Deal (43)
1-Nov-88 TWP Letters To The Editor: Blame Overpopulation (269)
1-Nov-88 AP Yemen government to sign trade agreement with Oman (200)
3-Nov-88 SWB North Yemen president's report to General People's Congress session (633)
8-Nov-88 SWB N Yemen: Japanese aid agreement (69)
9-Nov-88 TAS Review Of Soviet Newspaper Pravda (370)
11-Nov-88 TAS Review of Soviet Press (616)
15-Nov-88 AP Arab and Moslem states who back the PLO recognise independent state declared by the Palestine National Council (833)
15-Nov-88 SWB Libya: 'Members of the leadership' assigned responsibility for Arab unity ties (97)
15-Nov-88 AP PLO Chairman Arafat says Palestinians have shown moderation and flexibility in recent political moves (605)
15-Nov-88 SWB South Yemen: European Investment Bank assistance for Central African Development Bank (163)
15-Nov-88 SWB South Yemen: French company given oil prospecting rights (152)
16-Nov-88 AP Arab envoys and Palestinian Americans in Washington celebrate declaration of an independent state of Palestine (395)
16-Nov-88 AP Most of Arab world formally recognizes independent Palestinian state declared by the PLO (804)
16-Nov-88 SWB North Yemen: Fourth conference of General People's Congress (627)
21-Nov-88 TWP Analysis: Soviet Tests 'New Thinking' In Mideast (949)
21-Nov-88 AP Locusts swarming across Arabian peninsula invade North Yemen (209)
23-Nov-88 TAS AAPSO 7th Congress To Open In Delhi (222)
23-Nov-88 AP Niger becomes 55th country to recognize Palestinian state declared by PLO (149)
23-Nov-88 AP PLO leader Arafat arrives in North Yemen (340)
23-Nov-88 TAS Soviet Delegation Begins Talks In South Yemen (196)
24-Nov-88 AP Algeria resumes diplomatic ties with Egypt after nine year break (372)
25-Nov-88 TAS Arab Diplomats Received At USSR Foreign Ministry (260)
25-Nov-88 SWB USSR: Fisheries - Antarktika association's co-operation with foreign countries (149)
27-Nov-88 AP Nephew of North Yemen's opposition leader Al Wazir calls recent US shooting incident an assasination attempt (355)
28-Nov-88 SWB Visitors to Romania (173)
29-Nov-88 AP Jordan's King Hussein visits North Yemen (197)
29-Nov-88 SWB South Yemen: decree on organising the oil industry (63)
30-Nov-88 SWB Yasir Arafat on USA's denial of a visa; other reaction (314)
1-Dec-88 SWB Iraq: Saddam Husayn adresses Arab lawyers on Arab unity, a multi-party system and amnesty (3844)
7-Dec-88 AP Egypt accepted back into Arab Economic Council nine years after being cast out (312)
8-Dec-88 AP List of major earthquakes of the 20th century (381)
9-Dec-88 AP Background report on modernising of Oman (1277)
9-Dec-88 TWP Tens Of Thousands Die In Soviet Quake; Toll Of 100,000 Seen In Some Early Estimates (1526)
10-Dec-88 TAS Earthquake In Armenia - Messages Of Condolences (1281)
13-Dec-88 SWB S Yemen: Economic co-operation protocol with USSR (86)
13-Dec-88 SWB S Yemen: Kenyan President addresses PTA summit (564)
14-Dec-88 SWB Czechoslovak Defence Minister in South Yemen (54)
14-Dec-88 SWB India and PDRY set up joint economic committee (92)
16-Dec-88 AP South Yemen to receive 5.6 million dollars in loans from the World Bank and UN for health care (225)
21-Dec-88 TAS Aid To Quake Victims Continues To Arrive In Armenia (400)
23-Dec-88 AP Focus on the PLO headquarters in Tunis (1080)
23-Dec-88 AP Three US State Department officials named as victims of Pan Am air crash in Scotland (257)
29-Dec-88 AP Contacts for restoration of diplomatic ties between US and South Yemen reach 'decisive stage' (378)
30-Dec-88 TWP Bush Vows To 'Punish Severely' Perpetrators Of Pan Am Bombing (1014)
     

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