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Current date: Friday October 26, 2007 - Issue: (1097), Volume 15 , From 25 October 2007 to 28 October 2007

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Bush Praises Yemen’s role in combating terrorism
Members of Yemen's counter-terrorism force stand at attention in their barracks in Sanaa.
SANA’A, Oct 24 — US President George W. Bush praised Yemen for its success in the field of combating terrorism.

This came in a message to President Ali Abdullah Saleh conveyed by the assistant to President Bush for Internal Security and Combating Terrorism Affairs, Francis Townsend. Full Story...

Penal Court tries Second Sana’a Cell
SANA’A, Oct. 24 — The Penal Court held three sessions this week to try the so-called Second Sana’a Cell on charges of supporting rebellion in the northern province of Sa’ada. The cell includes 15 suspects, of whom two are women.

The group also includes the well-known editor Abdull-Kareem Al-Khaiwani. Full Story...
NGO calls on president not to approve agreement with Spain
SANA’A, Oct. 23 – The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, a Sana’a-based non-governmental organization known as HOOD, is appealing to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Yemeni government not to approve an agreement to exchange convicts with Spain until it [Spain] releases Full Story...

Random excavations in the Old City aren’t tailor-made, residents complain


SANA’A, Oct. 23 — The General Assembly to Protect Ancient Cities has received grievances from residents in Old Sana’a complaining about the poor condition of streets beside the historic Al-Kabeer Mosque. Full Story...
MPs intervene to stop tribal conflict between Ibb and Dhamar
IBB, Oct. 23 — Yemen’s Parliament has agreed to form a parliamentary committee headed by Member of Parliament Ali Al-Amrani to investigate an incident in which Al-Hada’ locals broke into Ibb governorate’s Criminal Investigation prison and killed a local resident under investigation. Full Story...

OUR VIEWPOINT
By Editor

Rearranging Yemen’s priorities
One of Yemen’s problems is its military. Contrary to popular belief that the military is the protector of the nation’s sovereignty and independence, it has become a liability to the economy, not only because of its annual consumption of 6. Full Story...

COMMON SENSE
By Hassan Al-Haifi

A dying heritage
Those of us Yemenis who had a chance to experience the life that existed in this country in pre-Revolution days and in the hectic and highly materialistic world that has now enveloped our lives have often looked at their rapidly changing surroundings in bewilderment and now often wonder what Full Story...


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