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Speech to the 89th annual national convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nevada.
August 28, 2007
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(also available atwww.whitehouse.gov)
Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please be seated. Commander, thank you very much for the invitation to come. I'm honored to be…
FOR MONTHS, all but the hardiest tourists have stayed away from Yemen, for fear of kidnapping. But suddenly, the country has an influx of tourists from an unlikely source: Israel. As many as four groups are said to have visited Yemen in the space of two weeks.
Ostensibly, the tourists’ purpose is…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International, 9 July 2004
At least 130 people have died so far in Yemen’s bloodiest internal conflict since the civil war of 1994. During the clashes, which began on June 18, security forces have resorted to tanks and warplanes in their effort…
A WEEK of riots and demonstrations against price rises in Yemen has left more than 50 dead. On June 18 the government announced increases of 40% on petrol, 35% on wheat and flour, and 25% on cooking gas in the latest phase of the economic restructuring package agreed with World Bank/IMF three years…
Extracts from the INA's charter, as published in English on the organisation's website. The document is undated.
The Iraqi National Accord (I.N.A.) was established in 1990 to achieve a democratic pluralistic regime that respects human rights and lives peacefully with its citizens, neighbors and…
TEN Yemeni soldiers were reported killed during recent clashes in which Saudi forces are said to have seized Jabal Jahfan, seven kilometres inside Yemeni territory. News of the incursion sent Yemen’s foreign minister scurrying to Riyadh with a message from President Ali Abdullah Salih.
Although the…
Panic erupts as Britons accused in Yemen are told they face death sentences. It's an hour before they hear it was all just a mistake by a translator
THE WHEELS of Yemeni justice have enmeshed the five jailed Britons in a machine that grinds slowly forward one moment, spins dizzily the next, then…
ARTILLERY shells and mortar bombs rained down yesterday on the Crater district of Aden, its problems compounded by a rift in the leadership of Yemen's breakaway southern state.
The south appealed for urgent humanitarian help for the city and urged the world community to end Yemen's seven-week civil…
American draft resolution, co-sponsored by Britain, which was presented to the UN Security Council on 6 November 2002.
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Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions, in particular its resolutions 661 (1990) of 6 August 1990, 678 (1990) of 29 November 1990, 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991,…
TWO YEARS, almost to the day, since suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole in Aden harbour, Yemen has witnessed a second act of maritime terrorism.
On October 6, according to investigators, a small boat packed with explosives rammed the French oil tanker, Limburg, off Mukalla, setting it ablaze and…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
