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This document, officially known as the "Law of administration for the state of Iraq for the transitional period", was signed by members of the Governing Council on 8 March 2004. It consists of a preamble and nine chapters:
1.Fundamental principles
2.Fundamental rights
3.The Iraqi transitional…
Despite having quelled riots in the cities, the Yemeni government faces a continuing - and potentially more serious - challenge from tribes on the desert fringes.
Relations between the state and tribes in the north-eastern border provinces of Ma'rib and al-Jawf have always been fragile, and since…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International, 12 September 2003
SECURITY FORCES in Yemen and Saudi Arabia are collaborating in an unprecedented effort to cut off the flow of illicit weapons from Yemen to armed groups in the Kingdom.
Recent police raids in Saudi Arabia have…
President George Bush
to the United Nations General Assembly, New York
12 September 2002
FULL TEXT
(also available atwww.whitehouse.gov)
We meet one year and one day after a terrorist attack brought grief to my country, and brought grief to many citizens of our world. Yesterday, we remembered the…
FORMING a coalition government in Yemen often requires feats of political engineering, but never more so than the cabinet announced on October 6. With the emphasis on national unity in the wake of civil war, it was essential to produce a coalition that could claim to represent the whole country.…
Founding statement of the Turkman People Party. This is an uncorrected copy of the undated document published in English on the party's website.
TURKMEN HALK PARTISI
TURKMAN PEOPLE PARTY
After Lausanne Agreement, Iraqi Turkish have been forgotten. They are suffered, whose struggle is pevented,…
It was easy for the police as the Yemen Ripper confessed to killing girl students. Then 'victims' turned up alive, reports Brian Whitaker.
YEMEN has been shaken by a grisly and baffling murder drama in which at least two women have died, their alleged killer has confessed to more crimes, and some…
Agreement between the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Governing Council of Iraq, issued on 15 November 2003. It sets out the terms for restoration of Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June 2004.
Full text. This document was originally published on theCPA website.
1. The "Fundamental Law"
To…
AN ANNOUNCEMENT that President Salih of Yemen has stopped chewing qat and taken up exercise and computing instead has been greeted with a mixture of approval and incredulity.
The president's gesture - intended to set an example to the nation - comes amid pressure from two normally incompatible…
YEMENIS went to the polls on April 27 to elect their third parliament since the multi-party system was introduced in 1990.
A total of 1,396 candidates from 22 parties, plus independents, were contesting 301 parliamentary seats. This time, 11 female candidates were standing and the proportion of…
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
