The 19th Arab National Conference is due to wrap its activities tomorrow after three-day sessions presided over by the chairman of the Research and Studies Center Abdul Aziz Al-Maqaleh.

 

According to security sources, the situation in Sa'ada got tense as Houthi followers attacked a military camp stationed in Al-Ja'amalah area. The attack left behind four soldiers dead and another six injured.

 

According to a report released on Saturday, the Central Bank of Yemen announced that its reserves from foreign currency has risen to $8.1 billion over the first quarter of the current year, with an increase of $544 million from the number achieved during the same period of 2007.

 

President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on Saturday the Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Ottri who conveyed a letter from President Bashshar Al-Asad relating to the bilateral and brotherly relations between both countries and the means for developing and upgrading them at all fields.

 

Several Yemeni governorates are still suffering the lack of diesel and people and vehicles were seen lining up in rows waiting for their turns to get fuel.

 

According to the supervising committees overseeing the bidding for governor posts, the number of accepted nominations has reached 39 in the capital Sana'a and provinces nationwide.

 

For the first time, the Sana'a-based Commercial Court ordered withholding $78,406 from French EPW Company over failing to settle the costs of gas pipes transferring from Aden Port to Safer in Mareb.

 

Dr. Abdulkareem Rassea'a,  the minister of health and population , declared that Yemen will soon get a certificate from World Health Organization for  eradicating  children palsy.

 

Escalation from all angles took place in Saa'da as fifty people were killed and nearly one hundred and twenty injured as locals in Sa'ada witnessed the start of a sixth war in the war torn governorate.

 

Escalation from all angles took place in Saa'da as fifty people were killed and nearly one hundred and twenty injured as locals in Sa'ada witnessed the start of a sixth war in the war torn governorate.

 

The West Capital Court presided by Judge Mohammed Al-Qadhi considered the canceling of Al-Wasat weekly newspaper illegal and invalid. The court stressed that Information Minister Hasan Al-Lawzi’s had no right to cancel the newspaper, and the evidence given by the ministry was not enough.

 

The number of candidates for governor posts has reached 107 in all Yemeni provinces, according to official sources. Former ministers, dignitaries, academics, businessmen and common people will all be running  in governors' elections.

 

There has been no decrease in wheat prices despite President Saleh directives demanding the Commerce Chamber to work for reducing wheat prices after its world prices drop with 40 percent.

 

Official sources close to President Saleh announced that he ordered officials to provide financial aids to Yemeni youth burnt by Saudi security in Khamis Mushit area last week.

 

Yemeni university employees continue their striking demanding fair payment and implementation of the second phase of wages strategy. They also demand to be treated on equal footage with university staff and teachers.

 

Concerned authorities at Sana'a International Airport managed to arrest a French employee working at an oil company as he was leaving the country carrying nearly 30 bronze statutes, metal and monumental coins.

 

Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) denounced the attack that targeted fellow journalist Abdul Rahman Al-Ghabri by  an armed gang last week.

 

Hundreds of vehicles were seen lining up in long rows waiting before petrol stations in the capital Sana'a this week for diesel fueling. Others were carrying barrels or big containers on their vehicles to fill them fearing a possible increase in diesel prices or a crisis.

 

Eighteen illegal Yemeni immigrants suffered first-to-third degree burns after Saudi police poured gasoline into the hole where they hid and set it on fire, according to Al-Sahwa news service.

 

JMP has decided to boycott the governors' elections because their winning chances are slim, as they are poorly represented in local councils nationwide.

 

The Secretary General of General People Congress and former prime minister suffered Ischemic stroke on Thursday shortly after honoring him as 'earth hero' in Singapore because he introduced a new ministry concerned with environment.

 

Total Oil Company started to evacuate over 30 children of its employees' to France in precautionary measures against any potential attacks, especially after the recent attacks that targeted oil companies.

 

Ministry of Transport is planning to announce a tender for a specialized shipping company to run and administer Yemeni ports in a manner that ensures providing better services to shipping lines, keeping the rights of workers and giving more attention to safety and health with competitive prices.

 

Omani police stopped Yemeni trucks, transporting fruit and vegetables from and to Yemen, as they were heading to the United Arab Emirates under the excuse of having extra diesel quantities on their tanks.

 

Media Women Forum- MWF- held training courses to female students at the Information College, in cooperation with the National Endowment for Democracy-NED

 

A security source revealed that Mareb security apparatuses managed to arrest the person suspected of planting a bomb that targeted a military vehicle two weeks ago in the old city of Mareb and left behind a soldier killed and three others injured.

 

Chairman of Siyag Organization for Protecting Childhood Ahmed Al-Qurashi announced the launch of his organization with a symposium on 'Minor Females Marriage between Sharia, Law and Social Norms'.