Al-Sahwa [Archives:2007/1078/Press Review]

Thursday, August 16
Main Headlines

– Nationwide protests against corruption and skyrocketing prices

– Houthis take new military positions, list new demands

– Abdurrazaq is the Islah Party's candidate in Constituency 21 bi-elections

– Monthly salary per Anti-corruption Authority member set at YR 500 thousand.

– Fighter jets and armored vehicles strike demonstrators in Abyan

– Sana'a University Rector threatens to cut salaries of the dead, syndicate demands him to quit post

– Government and tradesmen exchange accusations over price rises

– U.S. House of Senates: Yemen on the way to failure, authorities play with reforms

The weekly reported in its lead story that a U.S. House of Senates' report expects Yemen to be a totally failed country within the few decades to come due to the large number of obstacles posed to reforms and development in the vulnerable country. Released by the U.S. Congress Research Service, the report revealed that oil reserves in Yemen are on the way to deplete unless there are serious efforts to explore new oil blocks.

The Congress report described Yemen as underdeveloped country as most of its areas live a state of lawlessness. It went on to say that 43 percent of Yemen's population lives below the poverty line, and only 33 percent of the female population can read and write. According to the report, one-third of Yemen's children are not enrolled in primary schools and that the country is in an urgent need for the construction of extra ten thousand schools in the years to come in order to meet the growing demand of the country's rapid population growth.
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