AL-WAHDAWI: Sanaa weekly, 16-6-98. [Archives:1998/25/Press Review]

(Nasserite Unionist Party)  
Main Headline:
1- Rising tension between Yemen and Saudi Arabia may lead to a full-scale military conflict. Troops on both sides of the border are on full alert.
2- Nasserite leader taking part in the funeral of the people who died in the army shelling of Al-Dhali’: “Those who order the shelling of Al-Dhali’ do not deserve the honor of belonging to this country.”
3- Opposition parties in Al-Dhali’ deny sending a message promising the president not to repeat what happened in their area, as reported by last week’s 26 September .
4- Security forces in Mukallah conduct a large-scale search looking for opposition leader Hassan Ba-Awam, who disappeared following the 27 April demonstration’s violent break up by the police.
5- Lecturers at Sanaa and Aden universities go on strike demanding better pay.
Article Summary:
Significant Numbers
* YR 35.4 billion is designated in the 1998 budget as ‘central allocations, ‘ an increase of 78% from 1997.
* YR 5.37 billion is dropped from the state’s subsidizing of wheat and flour in 1998.
* YR 10.5 and YR 8 billion are dropped from the state’s subsidizing of oil and its products and electricity, respectively.
* YR 293 million is the increase in the 1998 budget of the Political Security Office.
* YR 43 million is the increase in the 1998 budget of the Tribal Affairs Authority.
* YR 230,000 is the increase in the 1998 budget of the Central Authority for Scientific Research.

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