AL-JAMAHEER: Sanaa weekly, 4-12-97. (Arab Ba’ath Socialist Party) [Archives:1997/49/Press Review]

Main Headlines: 1- Parliament is to question the general prosecutor and the ministers of justice and the interior regarding their handling of the recent bomb explosions in Aden 2- American rabbi, Noah, entered Yemen as a tourist to try to persuade Yemeni Jews to leave for Israel 3- Sanaa merchant is tried for attempting to swindle Central Bank of $150,000 4- Dispute between two rival teachers’ union in Abyan worsens, one is Islah and the other is PGC affiliated Article Summary: Environmental Pollution Local sources have indicate that the Hunt Oil Company is burning large amounts of natural gas in the Safer oil field in Mareb. The reason given is the continuous stoppages experienced by the gas plant compressors, GCR1 and GCR2 which often last for 4 to 5 hours a day. The 10 electric generators all work at a lower capacity than what the refinery needs. Nine gas fires are burning all day long, causing a lot of smoke. People have complained of a rise in the area’s temperature and the spread of a skin disease that was unknown before. Crops in the area are also badly affected by the smoke.
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