http://yementimes.com/ Updated News from Yemen, brought to you by Yemen Times en-us Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/rss.xml Yemen Times RSS Creater editor@yementimes.com webmaster@yementimes.com Front http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=front&a=1 SANA’A, May 14 — Just a week after the U.S. State Department published its annual assessment of terrorist activity in Yemen, the Sana’a Court of Appeals has lessened the prison sentence for a man convicted of shooting at the U.S. Embassy. Saleh Al-Ammari, the young man who admitted attacking ... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=front&a=1 Front http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=front&a=2 SA’ADA, May 14 — Bloody clashes between army personnel and Houthi supporters in Harf Sifyan district of Amran governorate killed approximately 40 Houthis and eight soldiers from Saturday until Tuesday evening, a military source said Wednesday. However, Houthi representative Sheikh Saleh Habr... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=front&a=2 View http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=view&a=1 A few weeks ago, I had a very gloomy picture of Yemen’s development progress compared to what I thought we are supposed to achieve according to the Millennium Goals Yemen committed to in 2000. However, through a training course by the UNDP’s regional office and the Bahraini Ministry of Social Affair... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=view&a=1 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=1 SANAA, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - A local non-governmental organisation (NGO) has said it will take 8-10 years to eradicate onchocerciasis, a disease which leads to skin irritation and in some cases blindness, although much progress has been made in fighting the disease. Isam Addin Awadh, head of ... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=1 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=2 Sana’a, May 14 — The organization Women Journalists Without Chains revealed that strikes against freedom of expression and opinion have increased, especially in the first quarter of 2008. There is approximately one violation per day against freedom of expression, said the organization. ‹b... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=2 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=3 SANA’A, May 13 — The General Manager of Animal Wealth Administration expected the movement of myiasis, also known as fly strike, to the mountainous districts as such districts are suitable environments for flies because of the cooler temperatures in summer. The administration stated that the number ... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=3 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=4 Dhamar, May 14 — An American training team from Oregon State University (OSU) on Saturday started training a group of academic staff trainers from different colleges in Dhamar University. The development program is financed by the Ministry of Higher Education, and aims to strengthen the capacities a... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=4 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=5 TAIZ - Workshop on management skills held in Taiz A training workshop has began in Taiz province for training 18 employees of private sector in administration field. Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Taiz Mufid Saeef said that the workshop that organized in cooperation with ... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=5 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=6 - UNICEF encourages Yemeni media to play a big role in saving the lives of children Saving the lives of children in the first five years is no longer an exclusive domain of health professionals, UNICEF's Chief of Communication and Advocacy observed here today in his concluding remarks at a Wo... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=6 Local http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=7 Brigadier General Abdullah Abdulsallam Sabrah (1941-2008) passed away in Germany on Friday from old age. He was one of the founders of the Free Fighters Organization, which fought the Imam and was behind the Yemeni revolutions since the early forties. On Saturday, his body was brought into Y... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=local&a=7 Community http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=community&a=1 In response to my article entitled “To love before or after marriage: a contrast”, issue 1149, 26th of April, 2006, Mis/miss Hanan, one of the readers, has commented on some points related to the advantages of love before marriage. I did really enjoy her manner of discussion and like her viewpoints.... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=community&a=1 Community http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=community&a=2 Many hours had passed and still she moved to and fro about her room, during which time her complexion had changed hundreds of times. She had looked in the mirror 23 times – the same number as her age – which she had lived without conducting any of the actions of life. Her freedom was like a bank loa... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=community&a=2 Community http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=community&a=3 Firstly, I thank Mr. Maged for the interesting topics he writes about in his weekly column “Through the Mind’s Eye”. In response to Maged Thabet’s article entitled “To love before or after marriage: a contrast”, published on the 24th of April 2007, I, as a man or experience state my point of view. A... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=community&a=3 Business http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=business&a=1 The image of hundreds of Yemenis lining up in front of the branches of the Yemeni Economic Corporation to buy subsidized wheat is only an indicator of the critical food shortage on the dinner tables of the Yemeni people, 40% of whom are already living under the poverty line of 2 dollars per day. The... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=business&a=1 Opinion http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=opinion&a=1 One is amazed to see how history can be distorted to great lengths to justify an irrational and absolutely unjustifiable existence of a “state” that was created on the corpses and ruins of another nation. Yet for the past couple of months or so the Propaganda Wing of the International Zionist Estab... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=opinion&a=1 Opinion http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=opinion&a=2 A few days ago, some official media outlets published a statement by Country Director of National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Yemen Peter Dimitroff criticizing Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) and blaming them on boycotting gubernatorial elections. “Boycotting governor elections creates bad imp... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=opinion&a=2 Opinion http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=opinion&a=3 Yemen’s Reunification, a great objective that had been so far sought by many generations of this homeland, has been and is still a valuable ambition that helps national feelings grow and generates noble values among patriotic strugglers in the different parts of the country throughout the different ... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=opinion&a=3 Report http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=report&a=1 Many relief agencies warned that the number of internally displaced people in Sa’ada, which is witnessing heavy fighting between the Yemeni government and Shia rebels, is increasing, creating a real humanitarian crisis. “In the last few days, Sa’ada town and immediate surroundings received m... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=report&a=1 Report http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=report&a=2 Yemeni girls are often forced unwillingly into high-risk jobs by poverty and family problems, according to three recent surveys by the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), a division of the UN International Labor Association, in cooperation with Yemen’s Ministry of Social ... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=report&a=2 Lastpage http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=lastpage&a=1 Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF) held a graduation ceremony for more than 350 graduates of their 2007 youth qualification programs last week in Sana'a. The foundation runs five programs targeting young people between the ages of 18 and 30 years old in order to include them in th... Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:07 -0500 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1155&p=lastpage&a=1