Al-Balagh [Archives:2007/1106/Press Review]

Tuesday, November 20
Top Stories

– Dismissed servants in northern governorates claim reinstatement into military and civil institutions

– Education workers syndicates' branches in Al-Dhale' call on teachers to stage massive sit-in unless government cash delayed hardship allowance

– Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel will have wider coverage in Yemen, says Director Khanfar in a press conference

– Yemen Football Association declares war against sport press

– Yemen's national team eliminated from remaining 2010 World Cup qualifiers

– Amran witnesses civil mutiny by Hashid tribesmen.

Amran's Khamer district, north of Sana'a, witnessed on Saturday a huge public rally for Hashid tribesmen led by Sheikh Hussein Abdullah Bin Hussein Al-Ahmar, who vented his anger at the government for being lenient toward corruption and corrupt individuals and depriving his district of basic services and development projects, the independent weekly reported on the top of its front page. It added that nearly ten thousand armed tribesmen from Hashid Tribe assembled on an invitation from Sheikh Hussein Al-Ahmar, who is a member of parliament. The exceptional rally took place at Al-Salam School in Khamer in the presence of many tribal leaders and social personalities.

At the rally, Sheikh Al-Ahmar gave a speech, denying that the assembly was staged as a reaction to preventing him from entering the capital Sana'a under the pretext that his guards were carrying machine guns. The newspaper quoted Al-Ahmar as saying that the assembly is part of a series of nationwide rallies to press the government to modify its policies and resolve the deteriorating situations in the country.
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