IN BRIEF [Archives:2000/37/Local News]

Security Guard of The International Bank of Yemen Found Dead
Security guard of the International Bank of Yemen, Taiz Str. Branch was found dead last Thursday morning. Ali Moqbel Al-Qubati who had been working there for more than five years was once shot in his leg and was said to have shot himself at the time. Reliable sources told the Yemen Times that death resulted from a bullet in his heart or head. Investigations are still carried on to know reasons for the event.

Mukalla holds Science Conference 2000
The Yemeni Scientific Research Organization is currently preparing for the scheduled for October 11-13 in Mukalla. A good number of local, Arab and foreign researchers are expected to take part in the conference which coincides with Yemens celebration of the anniversary of the September and October revolutions.

Regional Conference of the German Development Service (DED) kicked off Today
From September 10 to 13, 2000, the Regional Conference Asia 2000 of the German Development Service (DED) will take place for the first time in Yemen. These Regional Conferences are held biennially in one of the DEDs host countries in Asia.
A high ranking delegation from the DED headquarters in Germany, led by Director General of DED, Dr. Jrgen Wilhelm, and Director of the DEDs Administrative Council, Dr. Uwi Runge, as well as DED representatives from those Asian countries, where the DED is engaged will be attending the conference.
The official opining of the Regional Conference is taking place today morning at the Taj Sheba Hotel. Several Yemeni ministers and other officials are expected to attend the event.
DED is engaged in about 40 countries all over the world with more than 1000 development workers. All over Yemen, 25 DED development workers are involved – most of them have been working for a couple of years – in different fields as education, health and water sector and city planning, more and more in cooperation with GTZ projects.
The resident representative of DED in Yemen is Mr. Gerd Winkelhane who is holding this position since March 1995.

Woman Journalist Course Ends
Activities of a 5-day training course for Yemeni press women came to a close last Thursday during which a number of lectures were delivered.
The course, started last Monday, was organized by the Regional Office of Arab Homeland Affairs (ROAHA) of International Islamic Womens Federation.
The 20 woman journalists who were divided into four groups of five each, represented official, independent and party candidates.
An important lecture was delivered by Mr. Nashwan Muhammed Al-Sameeri, ROAHA Information Advisor who spoke about the tasks of press production, which in a way achieved the desired benefit of the course. Another lecture, among others, was delivered by Dr. Muhammed Raoof Izzat, a former Information professor at Cairo University. He defined journalism, and then spoke about specialized journalism and its tasks.
Wider coverage of the course shall be detailed in our next issue.

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