Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman wants to follow Mahatma Gandhi's footsteps

In an interview with a private television channel telecast on Thursday, Zikrian Assada, a Yemeni national and brother-in-law of Bin Laden, quoted his sister as describing how the Al Qaeda chief was killed during an operation on May 2 last year by US commandos in Abbottabad.

His activities and dedication got him noticed by France 24 a major TV news channel as it was looking for commentators on Taiz.
Determined to voice his opinion and exercise his freedom of expression this is what Doctor al-Guneib had to say:

Section: the Yemeni Diaspora
Interview with Saif al-Shara'abi, a naturalised British Yemeni now living in London, whose interest for politics is something of a family legacy. Active twitterist and self-confess activist, Saif shared with the Yemen Post his views on Yemen.
• Yemen Post: Did your perception of being Yemeni changed since the beginning of the uprising and why?

Wild viruses and wildfires have two things in common. If neglected, they can spread out of control. If handled properly, they can be stamped out for good.

By Dr.Ali Ahmed Aldailmi

For the Yemen Post
aad99@live.com

Yemen is a country with very similar numbers of Sunni and Shia Muslims. From a religious point of view, a key consideration is the increasing risk of regional escalation with the involvement of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the Yemen conflict. Iran has played this game allowing others to exaggerate its regional power and military reach.

The Higher Committee tasked with preparing for the Yemen Friend group held on Monday a meeting in which it discussed final preparations for the donor conference to be held in Riyadh on May 23.

A medical source in the western Yemeni poverty-hit province of al-Hodeida confirmed on Wednesday that at least 67 cases infected with the Dengue Fever were registered in the province.

A TANZANIAN national has been arrested in Yemen after authorities discovered a huge stash of narcotic drugs hidden in two fishing boats.

Libyan society has been severely repressed and heavily censored for decades during the regime of Colonel Gaddafi. The call for freedom of expression –including freedom of the media- was one of the motives of the revolution.

After a much publicized diplomatic fallout between Turkey and Israel, UN Chief Ban Ki Moon is now urging both countries to mend their ties and to return to the negotiating table in regards to the flotilla raid which claimed the life of 8 Turks in 2010.