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Yemen news items 1998 (December)

 

Yemen chronology index


   
DateSourceHeadline
01-Dec-98 RTN FRANCE: Results of latest EU food aid tenders. (220)
01-Dec-98 RTN INDIA: Bank Muscat sees '98 profit up 25 pct. (286)
01-Dec-98 BBC Iran: Director of Arab strategic centre arrives on a visit (269)
01-Dec-98 BBC Saudi monarch, Yemeni president discuss bilateral ties on phone (153)
02-Dec-98 BBC President Salih criticizes YSP during independence celebrations (627)
02-Dec-98 AP Tribesmen blow up US-owned oil pipeline (320)
02-Dec-98 BBC Yemeni Socialist Party reaffirms commitment to unity (238)
03-Dec-98 BBC Iran: Rafsanjani meets visiting former Yemeni Presidents (217)
03-Dec-98 BBC Saudi interior minister sends message to Yemeni interior minister on security (157)
03-Dec-98 BBC President Salih attends military exercise in the southwest (225)
03-Dec-98 RTN Saudi-led group to repair Yemen's Aden airport. (195)
03-Dec-98 RTN Yemen hopes for LNG deal with BG in 1999. (323)
03-Dec-98 BBC YSP conference exonerates exiled southern leaders (373)
04-Dec-98 BBC Vice-president receives message-bearing Eritrean envoy (139)
05-Dec-98 AFM Fact-finding commission ordered out of Somalia (394)
05-Dec-98 AP Yemeni parliament approves budget with dlrs 411 million deficit (181)
07-Dec-98 BBC Meetings of Saudi-Yemeni joint border committee begin in San'a (134)
07-Dec-98 IHT Porous Accord on Arms: Russia and Bulgaria Feed Fires in Trouble Spots (577)
07-Dec-98 AP Tribe kidnaps four German tourists (210)
07-Dec-98 AP Amicable solution to border dispute with Saudi possible (193)
07-Dec-98 AFM Yemeni tribe kidnaps German tourists (274)
08-Dec-98 AFM Anti-US terrorism hits an unsuspecting Africa (750)
08-Dec-98 BBC Saudi monarch receives message from Yemeni president (144)
08-Dec-98 BBC Saud-Yemeni border committee issues joint statement (266)
08-Dec-98 BBC Four German tourists kidnapped on 6th December (244)
08-Dec-98 AP Thousands of university teachers, administrators on strike (147)
08-Dec-98 AP Yemen army surrounds kidnappers of four Germans, makes arrests (350)
08-Dec-98 RTN Yemen pressures tribe to free German hostages. (222)
09-Dec-98 RTN Diverted Egyptian plane heads back to Yemen. (507)
09-Dec-98 AP Libyan passengers commandeer Egyptian airliner in mid-air (441)
09-Dec-98 RTN Libyans try to divert Egyptian plane to Libya. (213)
09-Dec-98 RTN FRANCE: French world wheat flour exports to wane-ONIC. (321)
09-Dec-98 BBC German Foreign Ministry says Yemen kidnap victims well (148)
09-Dec-98 AFM Plane returns to Yemen after foiled bid to defy UN air embargo on Libya (599)
09-Dec-98 AP American expatriate shot, wounded by car thieves in Yemen (239)
10-Dec-98 BBC Russia reaches deal with third of its debtors (229)
10-Dec-98 AFM Tripoli says Egyptian plane unwelcome despite bid to force it to Libya (362)
10-Dec-98 RTN UK: Non-OPEC output stalls as price slide bites-survey. (948)
10-Dec-98 RTN Diverted Egyptian plane returns to Yemen. (355)
10-Dec-98 AP Efforts to release four German hostages in Yemen fail (270)
10-Dec-98 RTN New blast damages Yemen's Marib oil pipeline. (312)
10-Dec-98 AP Plane that was commandeered in mid-air returns to Yemen (305)
10-Dec-98 AP Tribesmen blow up US-owned oil pipeline (285)
10-Dec-98 RTN Yemen negotiates with tribesmen to free Germans. (247)
11-Dec-98 BBC Germans kidnapped in Yemen reportedly well (251)
11-Dec-98 AP Germany, Germany says hostages in Yemen are in good health (162)
11-Dec-98 BBC Saudi Arabia: Crown prince receives telephone call from Yemeni president (132)
11-Dec-98 AP German hostages contact embassy, say one hostage is sick (401)
11-Dec-98 BBC President Salih comments on border talks with Saudi Arabia, Eritrea (369)
12-Dec-98 AFM Kidnapped Germans in "good health": Yemeni president (305)
13-Dec-98 AP Tears in the pool, no shows on the Asian Games medals chart (399)
13-Dec-98 AP President asks kidnappers to release Germans by Tuesday (419)
13-Dec-98 BBC President Salih receives message from Iranian president (199)
14-Dec-98 RTN THAILAND: Games-Athletics-Results of finals. (589)
14-Dec-98 RTN US warns Americans in Gulf of potential attack. (284)
14-Dec-98 RTN US warns Americans in Gulf. (364)
14-Dec-98 AP Son of Yemeni lawmaker kidnapped (256)
15-Dec-98 AP Gloomy India and record-breakers at Asian Games (1078)
15-Dec-98 BBC Syria: "Huge march" in Damascus in protest at vote to amend Palestinian charter (544)
15-Dec-98 IHT US Extends Terrorist Warning in Gulf (171)
15-Dec-98 RTN US forces on high alert for terrorism in Gulf. (317)
15-Dec-98 RTN US troops on alert against terrorism in Gulf. (511)
15-Dec-98 RTN Yemen army said massing near tribe holding Germans. (214)
15-Dec-98 BBC Yemeni president, Chirac discuss ties, regional and international developments (474)
15-Dec-98 BBC Yemeni-Saudi Military Committee holds meeting in San'a (141)
16-Dec-98 RTN CanOxy sells North Sea assets to Conoco unit. (378)
16-Dec-98 AP Japan still leads in Asian Games medal tally - sort of (215)
16-Dec-98 RTN KUWAIT: US reviews security for embassies, military. (485)
16-Dec-98 AP Yemen kidnappers of Germans want jobs, roads and scholarships (386)
17-Dec-98 IHT US Says Bin Laden Has Ordered Attacks (756)
17-Dec-98 AFM US wins less Arab support for Iraq strikes than hoped for (745)
17-Dec-98 AFM US wins less Arab support than hoped for Iraq strikes (726)
18-Dec-98 RTN US tells citizens in Gulf to be more cautious. (468)
18-Dec-98 RTN YEAREND - Oil price crunch compounds Mideast gloom. (1537)
18-Dec-98 AP Israel may return to Asian Games in 2002 (651)
18-Dec-98 AP US: Khat grower facing penalties claims drug was medicinal (263)
18-Dec-98 AFM Yemen demands Arab summit to discuss "aggression" against Iraq (251)
18-Dec-98 RTN German journalist arrested in Yemen. (246)
18-Dec-98 AP Syrian journalist detained after meeting German hostages (303)
18-Dec-98 RTN Yemenis march against US-British Iraq strikes. (309)
18-Dec-98 BBC Yemeni government urges USA, Britain to "immediately halt" strikes on Iraq (235)
19-Dec-98 AP Repeating to correct coding Son of Yemeni lawmaker released by kidnappers (274)
19-Dec-98 BBC Yemeni president calls for urgent Arab summit on Iraq (156)
20-Dec-98 BBC Foreign minister says Unscom's Butler has "lost credibility" (755)
20-Dec-98 AFM Iraq bombings over but Arab anger continues (550)
20-Dec-98 AFM Iraq cries victory as US warns Saddam (785)
20-Dec-98 RTN IRAQ: Iraqis portray end of strikes as major victory. (476)
20-Dec-98 RTN IRAQ: NEWSMAKER-Durable Saddam seen as winner - again. (965)
20-Dec-98 BBC Yemen officially requests Arab summit on Iraq (261)
20-Dec-98 AP Doctor called in after German hostage falls ill (261)
21-Dec-98 RTN IRAQ: Iraqi press says strikes failed to weaken Saddam. (350)
21-Dec-98 RTN LEBANON: UN says Arab Mideast economy grew 0.9 pct in '98. (587)
21-Dec-98 IHT This Week's Holidays: TRAVEL UPDATE (128)
21-Dec-98 RTN United States dismisses protests over Iraq. (466)
22-Dec-98 BBC Egyptian and Yemeni leaders discuss convening Arab summit (121)
22-Dec-98 BBC Yemeni president discusses Arab summit with Egyptian, Saudi leaders (219)
23-Dec-98 AP FIFA World Rankings, List (896)
23-Dec-98 AFM Yemen increases pressure on tribesmen to free German hostages (296)
23-Dec-98 AP Yemen frees foreign journalist who interviewed German hostages (317)
23-Dec-98 RTN Yemen marchers call for Arab summit on Iraq. (251)
24-Dec-98 AFM Arab FMs to meet over Iraq air strikes (224)
24-Dec-98 AFM Iraq stands defiant, vows never to allow UNSCOM back (719)
24-Dec-98 AFM Iraqi press calls for Arab summit to lift embargo (261)
24-Dec-98 BBC President discusses Arab summit with UAE president, Saudi crown prince (253)
24-Dec-98 AP University staff end strike (161)
25-Dec-98 AFM Iraq on war footing for Christmas, slams US and Britain (670)
25-Dec-98 AFM Kidnapped Germans spend Christmas in Yemeni captivity (366)
     

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