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Yemen news items 1999 (Apr-Jun)

 

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SourceDateHeadline
AFP3 Apr 99Czech Republic to invest in new Aden free zone
AFP3 Apr 99China vows to expand its 40-year ties with Yemen
BBC5 Apr 99Blair intervenes on Britons' behalf
BBC5 Apr 99Judge in Yemeni terrorism trial warns defence team
AFP5 Apr 99Judge issues final warning to defence in Yemen terror trial
AFP5 Apr 99Blair demands medical for British suspects in Yemen
AFP5 Apr 99Defence lawyers still boycotting Yemen terror trial
RTN5 Apr 99Yemen set for deal on Czech-built fighter aircraft
AFP5 Apr 99Saudi, Yemeni officials in new bid to end longrunning border dispute
AFP5 Apr 99Yemeni court offers Britons' lawyers some unsupervised access
AFP5 Apr 99Singapore Power discusses construction of power station in Yemen
BBC6 Apr 99Yemen-Saudi border talks
RTN7 Apr 99Court names new defence team in Yemen trial
RTN7 Apr 99Yemen opposition party says official assassinated
RTN7 Apr 99Czech Vodochody says sells jet trainers to Yemen
AFP7 Apr 99Saudi-Yemeni border committee winds up session
BBC7 Apr 99Assassination in Yemen
BBC7 Apr 99Yemen trial delayed for third time
AFP8 Apr 99Ukrainian plane carrying guns to Yemen intercepted
RTN8 Apr 99Yemen seeks to double borrowing - minister
RTN9 Apr 99Moldova detains plane with handguns bound for Yemen
AFP9 Apr 99Yemen government says vendetta behind opposition slaying
AFP9 Apr 99Yemen, Malaysia in energy talks
AFP11 Apr 99Yemen to hold first presidential elections in October
AFP12 Apr 99Yemen government promises to reform electoral lists
AFP13 Apr 99Yemen to get 700 million dollars in World Bank loans
AFP13 Apr 99Yemen president urges opposition to name election candidates
AFP14 Apr 99Boycott lawyers back in Yemen court for bomb trial of Britons
AFP15 Apr 99Yemen to invest $250 million on oil fields
AFP15 Apr 99Yemen judge lets independent doctor see bomb plot suspects
RTN15 Apr 99Yemen court says doctors to check torture claims
RTN15 Apr 99IMF praises Yemen's coping with oil price drop
AFP16 Apr 99Yemen sends aid to Kosovo refugees
RTN16 Apr 99Yemen sends tents,blankets to Kosovo Moslems
AFP17 Apr 99Yemeni FM in Iran for talks on boosting ties
AFP17 Apr 99Yemeni president welcomes Algerian election results
AFP17 Apr 99Yemen foils attempted kidnapping of judge, arrests 10
AFP19 Apr 99Suspects in Yemen terror trial deny confessions
AFP19 Apr 99Yemen's ruling party offers to vote in opposition candidates
RTN20 Apr 99Yemen teenager goes on trial for fatal explosion
RTN20 Apr 99Arab fund grants Yemen $59 million loan
RTN16 Apr 99Yemen sends tents, blankets to Kosovo Moslems
SAB20 Apr 99Yemen to Host Democracy Summit June 27-29 1999
SAB20 Apr 99Yemeni Parliament: Privatisation
RTN21 Apr 99Briton in Yemen trial says confessed under torture
AFP21 Apr 99Yemeni man fathers sextuplets after 10 years of sterility
AFP21 Apr 99Yemen terror defendant says he was tortured into confessing
AFP21 Apr 99Four tribesmen die in Yemen blood feud
RTN22 Apr 99British investigators in Yemen over Moslem militant
AFP22 Apr 99Yemen announces plan to resolve Kosovo crisis
AFP22 Apr 99British on trail of Abu Hamza in Yemen
MEI23-Apr-99Law and order
AFP24 Apr 99Yemen terror defendant says confession made under torture threat
RTN26 Apr 99Briton says he received military training in Yemen
AFP26 Apr 99US commander denies Washington wants bases in Yemen
AFP26 Apr 99US favours Yemen proposition on Kosovo: ambassador
AFP26 Apr 99Defence says confession in Yemen terror trial dated before arrest
AFP27 Apr 99Yemeni president meet US Gulf commander
BBC27 Apr 99Briton disowns Yemen confession
RTN28 Apr 99Briton tells Yemen court he confessed under threat
AFP28 Apr 99Yemen introduces new austerity measures
AFP28 Apr 99Yemen terror suspect says confession extracted by torture threat
SABA28 Apr 99Republican Decree Issued Today
SABA28 Apr 99Government Has to Tighten Its Belt. President's Letter
AFP1 May 99Verdict due in Yemeni Islamic kidnap case
AFP2 May 99Yemeni finance minister accused of mismanagement
AFP3 May 99Two murderers executed in public in Yemen
AFP3 May 99All Britons, Algerians on trial in Yemen deny confessions
AFP3 May 99Opposition warns against US military facilities in Yemen
BBC5 May 99Three face execution after Yemeni trial
RTN5 May 99Yemen lawyer says death sentence void
RTN5 May 99Britain against Yemen travel after murder verdict
RTN5 May 99Three to die for tourist killings in Yemen
BBC5 May 99Abu Hamzah criticises Yemeni government
AFP5 May 99Islamic cleric Abu Hamza warns Yemen not to carry out death sentences
AFP5 May 99Three Islamists condemned to death for deadly kidnapping in Yemen
RTN6 May 99Yemen Islamists' execution would be avenged--Masri
RTN6 May 99Prosecution says Britons admit to militant links
RTN6 May 99Yemen Islamists' execution would be avenged--Masri
AFP6 May 99Yemen medical report says no evidence of torture on terror suspects
RTN7 May 99Yemen dismisses threats over death sentence-papers
AFP7 May 99Yemen rejects threats by Islamic firebrand to topple regime
RTN8 May 99Netherlands says it will cut aid to 60 countries
RTN8 May 99Gang warns Yemen minister over death sentence
RTN8 May 99Britain not for Yemen death verdict-diplomat
AFP8 May 99Yemeni ministers under threat after death sentences in kidnap trial
RTN9 May 99Briton on terror charge in Yemen granted bail
AFP9 May 99First candidate for Yemeni presidential elections
AFP9 May 99Briton in Yemen bomb trial released on bail for health reasons
AFP9 May 99British suspect in Yemen bomb trial released on bail
AFP10 May 99Islamic militant to be questioned by British authorities over Yemen ties
AFP10 May 99Yemeni FM to make landmark Kuwait visit
RTN10 May 99Yemen foreign minister to visit Kuwait on Saturday
RTN11 May 99CanOxy posts deeper quarterly loss but ups spending
RTN12 May 99Yemeni sentenced to death warns of unrest
RTN12 May 99Britons in Yemen terror trial want medics quizzed
RTN13 May 99Egyptian man detained in Canada as security risk
RTN13 May 99Independent newspaper editor beaten in Yemen
RTN13 May 99Yemen to issue tender for GSM provider this year
AFP13 May 99Yemeni villagers shoot dead teenager after rape
AFP12 May 99Sick Briton in Yemen bomb trial still in jail
RTN15 May 99Briton in Yemen trial admits signing confession
AFP15 May 99Yemeni court rejects defence call in bomb trial of Britons
AFP15 May 99Yemeni FM makes landmark visit to reopen embassy in Kuwait
RTN16 May 99Lawyers appeal Yemen death sentences on Islamists
AFP16 May 99Kuwait and Yemen restore full ties eight years after Gulf war
WP12 May 99The Democracy Club
RTN17 May 99Polaroid to Provide Identification Cards in Guinea and Yemen
RTN17 May 99Briton in Yemen denies terrorism charge
RTN17 May 99Yemen executes five for family murders
PA17 May 99Bail extended for Muslim cleric
RTN19 May 99New blast damages Yemen's Marib oil pipeline
RTN19 May 99Yemen hikes fuel prices, not petrol
MEI 21-May-99Death sentence dilemma
RTN21 May 99Yemeni president gives up qat in anti-drug drive
RTN21 May 99Saleh urges all Yemeni parties to contest poll
BBC21 May 99New Yemen campaign against qat
RTN23 May 99Britons tell Yemeni court of sex abuse in prison
RTN23 May 99Yemen speaker condemns Turkish measures against MP
AFP23 May 99Yemeni women rally for Turkish headscarf MP
AFP23 May 99Britons tell of sexual torture in Yemen
AFP21 May 99Yemeni president calls for parties to elect presidential candidates
AFP21 May 99Three Yemeni teens killed by tiger
AFP19 May 99Yemen in gas export talks with four Asian states: president
AFP18 May 99Young Briton in Yemen trial says he signed confession at gunpoint
AFP17 May 99Landmine from 1994 civil war kills three Yemeni teenagers
RTN24 May 99Moslem cleric warns Yemen if sons found guilty
RTN24 May 99New blast hits Yemen's Marib oil pipeline
RTN25 May 99Militants threaten foreigners in Yemen
AFP25 May 99Islamic militants threaten to kill all foreigners in Yemen
AFP25 May 99Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan: diehard veterans of Afghan war
RTN26 May 99Lawyers in Yemen trial display "torture" photos
AFP27 May 99Yemen in half-hearted drive to give up favourite fix
RTN27 May 99Yemen arrests group plotting to attack foreigners
RTN27 May 99Economic ills keep Yemenis away from Internet
AFP27 May 99Yemeni interior ministry announces arrest of 15 "saboteurs"
RTN30 May 99Saudi lifts Horn of Africa livestock import ban
RTN27 May 99Unocal, Occidental Agree to Swap Interests In Bangladesh and Yemen E&P assets
RTN26 May 99Yemen offers help in Kuwaiti POW issue-official
RTN18 Jun 99Yemen presidential elections set for September 28
RTN17 Jun 99Transglobe Energy Corporation Announces Results Of Appraisal Drilling In Yemen
RTN31 May 99Yemen lifts subsidy on soft wheat flour
RTN1 Jun 99Yemen signs $24mln airport contract with Saudi firm
RTN2 Jun 99Prominent Yemeni editor killed in road accident
RTN2 Jun 99Britain offers to house ailing defendant in Yemen
SAB2 Jun 99Yemen Times Editor-in-Chief passed away in car Accident
RTN5 Jun 99Yemen executes man for murder - newspaper
BBC5 Jun 99Drunken gunman kills Yemeni diplomat
BBC5 Jun 99Church stands bail for Yemen suspect
RTN9 Jun 99Yemen, Britain move towards better ties
RTN9 Jun 99Yemen raises deposit rate to help boost rial
RTN10 Jun 99Mrs. Clinton postpones trip to Israel
BBC13 Jun 99Yemen opposition challenge media
RTN16 Jun 99Militant appeals death sentence in Yemen
RTN16 Jun 99Egypt, Yemen discuss shipping line to boost trade
RTN16 Jun 99Lightning kills 16 in Yemen - newspaper
RTN17 Jun 99Transglobe Energy Corporation Announces Results Of Appraisal Drilling In Yemen
MEI18-Jun-99Weaning Yemen off qat?
RTN18 Jun 99Yemen presidential elections set for September 28
BBC20 Jun 99Eight die in Yemen tribal clash
BBCJun 99Verdict awaited in Yemen terror trial
RTN22 Jun 99Yemen urges Arabs, foreigners to invest in tourism
RTN22 Jun 99Yemen prosecution asks maximum penalty for Britons
RTN23 Jun 99Yemen militant tells his men not to launch attacks
BBC23 Jun 99Two die in Aden blast
AN24 Jun 99Saudi-Yemeni committee on border demarcation concludes latest session
RTN24 Jun 99Romania's main privatisation
GDN 26-Jun-99Terrorists or tourists?
RTN28 Jun 99IMF approves $50 million payout for Yemen
AN29 Jun 99 Meetings between Yemeni Socialist Party and Yemeni opposition leadership abroad
RTN30 Jun 99US-backed Yemen forum backs women, minority rights
     

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