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October 9 2006

Hajah

Releasing 9 foreign prisoners

Oct. 4 ) The secondary Committee of Prisoners and Jails Inspection in Hajah governorate released 9 persons who were arrested when they tried to enter the Yemeni lands illegally through the Haradh path. The committee also approved the release of 27 prisoners arrested on illegal penalties who spent three quarters of their terms. Also a list of 25 prisoners who need help, were sent to the supreme committee of jails to solve their financial problems.

Taiz

Bakeries shut down

during in Ramadan

Oct. 7 ) Many bakeries stopped work as a result of the increasing of prices of the flour especially after the results of elections and Ramadan month. Some bakeries emphasizes that there are a lack of goods especially the flour in the markets in Taiz and the flour has been sold on the black markets with increasing the price more than three thousands YR for a sack of flour.

Sana'a

Certified accountants

review parties' accounts

Oct. 7 ) A source at the Parties' Affairs Committee declared that legal accountants will be delegated this October to review the accounts of all political parties for the years 2004 and 2005. The same source said this move is the first time the committee has made such a step. The accountants will review expenses and incomes of all parties according to parties' law. The final statement of parties will be approved according to certified accountants' reports.

Ethiopian and Eritrean border

disputes to meet in Sana'a

Oct. 7 ) The United Nations moved the meetings of the Ethiopian and Eritrean coordination military committee to Sana'a commencing immediately. The committee is concerned about settling border disputes between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The earlier meetings of the committee were held in Kenya.

UNESCO support teacher's

training program

Oct. 6 ) UNESCO's latest grant for the modernization of education in Yemen is $250,000.The grant will finance more training programs for teachers, under the Elementary Education Development, a national strategy that Yemen

is pursuing to revamp the education sector. The grant aims to develop the information fields and the modern method teaching.

Saada

Discussion several social

and development issues

Oct. 6 ) a meeting was hold to discuss the statement of the governorate and citizens. The meeting discussed the possibility of solving the different social issues as the ravage problems which retard the process of development in the governorate. Many development projects will be run in different fields.

AL-Dhale'

Two killed, others injured

in car explosion

Oct. 7 ) Two people were reported killed and many others were injured in a car explosion in Damt city, Al-Dhale'e Governorate.

Eyewitnesses said Abdullah Naji Al-Gufaili, 50, and Mohamed Ahmad Al-Abasi, over 50, from Kawlat Bahaj Village, Al-Radhma District were killed when a car, parked near a wheels shop, blew up in Damt city. Causes of the incident still are unclear.

Criminal Investigation Bureau in Damt started probing the incident while a security source told the Yemen Times the incident seemed to be caused by grenades and explosives put inside the car.

Other sources mentioned that the explosion might have been caused by dynamite and provided traces left by the blast as evidence of what they said.
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