In brief [Archives:2005/828/Local News]
– Omar Mohammad al-Shuja'a, an 8-year-old boy from al-Huban in Taiz was killed last Thursday due to mishandling a machine gun. After a bullet penetrated his neck, he was transferred to Al-Thawrah Hospital in Taiz where he died.
– A newborn infant was found recently near a wastebin in al-Mostawsaf Zone, Taiz. The authorities found that the victim was illegitimately born and those involved in the crime have been caught.
– The Human Rights Information and Training Center's Team will issue a special manual for police officers trained in the field of human rights. A statement issued by the HRITC said that the special work team has already finalized the first draft of the manual, which it has worked on in conjunction with the United Nations Development Program.
– Yemen will participate in a conference for businesspeople in Beijing, China. The Yemeni team will be led by Dr. Khalid Sheikh, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Chairman of the Arab Group.
– The Parliament formed a specialist committee on March 21 to investigate the motives behind the massive demonstrations staged simultaneously against price hikes and the sales tax law due to be implemented in July. The committee included members of the ruling People's General Congress, Yemeni Congregation Party (Islah) and the Yemeni Socialist Party.
– The second phase of a survey organized by the National Documents Center to locate important documents commenced in Sana'a on March 22 in 42 governmental institutions.
– The Media and Cultural Attache of the US Embassy in Sana'a will hold a session today on the enhancement of the US foreign affairs for human rights in Yemen.
The session is organized by the Attache in cooperation with the National Center for Human Rights and Democracy Development.
– Yemen, represented by the Consumer Protection Society, celebrated World Consumer Day on March 20.
– On Wednesday the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate (YJS) held a session on the situation of Yemeni journalism and ways of developing the performance of journalists.
– A Saudi Medical Team that arrived in Yemen March 21 is performing pediatric, cardiological and neurological surgeries at Al-Thawrah Hospital in Sana'a.
– A press conference was held by Mr. Ahmad Sufan, Minister of Planning, and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Census at the Central Organization for Statistics on March 23.
The conference discussed the economic and social changes between the 1994 census and that of 2004.
– The Second International Book Fair was inaugurated on March 22 in Aden with the participation of over 100 publishers from different Arab countries. The fair covers over 70 thousand titles.
– The Yemeni Lawyers Syndicate held Wednesday March 22 a press conference on the cases concerning the attack of lawyers Mohammad Naji Allaw and Jamal al-Ja'abi.
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