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More than one million books entered Yemen in 2007

More than one million new tittles of books entered the country last year, according to Department of Categories and Cultural Privacy in the Ministry in Culture.

Director of the department Abdul-Malik al-Qata stated to 26sep.net that the book market of Yemen receives more than one million new books in 2007.

He attributed that to the new policy adopted to left restricts on book importers to get such big amount of book in the country.

Statistics: 1008 Yemeni females and males got married from foreigners in 2007

Around 1008 cases of marriage of Yemeni females and males to foreigners in 2007, according to official statistics.

The statistics of the Justice Ministry shows that 830 Yemeni females got married to foreigners compared to 849 cases in 2006 and about 178 Yemeni males got married to foreigners compared 159 cases in 2006.

Director of Documentation and Registration Department in the ministry Ahmed al-Qbalani said that these cases have been approved by the ministry after making sure from credibility of the documents by the Ministry of Interior and embassies of these people.

Al-Qbalani added that the Ministry of Justice concerns on reliability of the legal measures of this marriage to insure its success and rights of the Yemeni women who accepted to get married to a foreigner and live with him abroad.

He added that this marriage is not named as “tourist marriage”” as press claims