In Brief [Archives:2002/13/Local News]

-A man was killed in Dhamar last Thursday when he tried to throw a bomb for expressing his happiness on his friend’s wedding. Unluckily the bomb went off at his hand leading to his immediate death.
-Japanese Ambassador to Yemen is holding a reception party for celebrating Yemen-Japanese relations tomorrow at his residence.
– Chairman of the Radio & Television Sector of Yemen’s Satellite Channel, Abdulghani al-Shamiri recently returned from Dubai after taking part at the Arab technology forum, organized by the French Embassy in the United Arab Emirates in cooperation with some French companies.
-Minister of Culture, Abdulwahab Rawih, received on March 13 an invitation to hold a Yemeni cultural week in the Sultanate of Oman.
-Central Organization for Audit & Control (COCA) will hold a three-day training course for 200 of its employees as of March 25.
-Events of the national meeting for eradicating poverty began on March 20 under the motto “Poverty an Outrageous Violation of Human Rights”. The meeting is organized by the Women’s Forum for Study & Training in cooperation with the UK-based OXFAM.
-Al-Gomhuriya Press Establishment held on March 23 in Taiz a forum for discussing the future of education in Yemen.
-Judge, Mohammed Esmael al-Haji, vice-chairman of the Higher Judicial Council and chairman of Yemen’s Clerks will take part at the international conference on Islamic doctrines to be held in the Algerian capital from March 25 to 28.
-Ahli of Sana’a sport club celebrated on Thursday the World’s Day of Women as well as the Mother’s Day in recognition of their role in building societies. The program included a number of events and competitions during which many prizes were given away to the participants.
-The Tourism Promotion Board took part at the Berlin international exhibition held between March 16 to 20. Many agencies and hotels took part at this meeting.

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