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South Yemen A former country on the south-west Arabian peninsula. It declared its independence in 1967 and, after long negotiations, amalgamated in 1989 with the Yemen Arab Republic to form
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 "Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen)")
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Yemen Times interview with Russian Ambassador Vladimir Trofimov: - "I don't believe that Yemen will ever fall apart, and my government position is to support Yemen's unity." (Report).
Newspaper article from: Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen); 7/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...the Russian Federation's Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Trofimov when we met him for an...secrets." Trofimov had been ambassador in Yemen for two and half years and is likely to...Sakkaf interviewed Trofimov about Russia, Yemen and international affairs. Every year...
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Yemen is the best destination to study Arabic (Report).
Newspaper article from: Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen); 5/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...literature. Over the past ten years, Yemen has become one of the best countries in...who come to study at their own cost find Yemen to be a safe and convenient place to study the language. Most students come to Yemen after having heard of the benefits of studying...
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YEMEN - Co-operating With The US.
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East; 8/11/2003; 700+ words
; Strategic co-operation between the US and Yemen, or more specifically a regime under President Saleh...days when the country was divided into North and South Yemen. North Yemen used to be closer to the West, in a strategic sense...
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Yemen's internet future
Magazine article from: Middle East; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. But even though Yemen was one of the first Gulf states to introduce the...for the next few years. The internet business in Yemen is monopolised by the Yemen Communications Company (Tel Yemen), owned jointly...
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Yemen After the Cole
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the U.S. allies in the Middle East, Yemen is one of the most strategically important...southern flank of the Arabian peninsula, Yemen controls one side of the narrow strait...term notice, an agreement that cemented Yemen's standing as a key U.S. ally. However...
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Yemen's Foreign Minister Asks for U.S. Help in Fighting the War on Terrorism
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Islamic Institute in Washington, DC, Yemen's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abubaker...began with a brief historical overview of Yemen's experience with terrorism. When the...young men from many Gulf states, including Yemen, poured in to fight this holy war against...
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Yemen's government wins vote of confidence
Newspaper article from: The Arab American News; 6/20/1997; ; 700+ words
; Yemen's government wins vote of confidence Yemen's new government led by Prime Minister Faraj Said Bin Ghanem...won a landslide victory. The elections were the first since Yemen's 1994 civil war. Bin Ghanem told deputies his government...
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Yemen aid boost; GBP7.5 million more aid and development partnership announced.
M2 Presswire; 8/1/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2007-DFID: Yemen aid boost; GBP7.5 million more aid and...Arrangement (DPA) with the Government of Yemen, strengthening the UK's commitment to...million to the Social Development Fund, a Yemen-based organisation that plays a key role...
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Yemen faces spectre of anarchy.
Newspaper article from: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 8/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...years, Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's veteran president, is battling for...he faces have roots in the key events of Yemen's often violent past - in particular...in 1962, and the union in 1990 of North Yemen, ruled by Saleh's People's Conference...
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Yemen the main source of illegal arms to Somalia: UN (Local).
Newspaper article from: Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen); 7/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...Dec. 27-- A UN investigation found Yemen is the primary source of arms and ammunition...embargo also reported arms smuggling from Yemen intersects with acts of piracy and human...report notes commercial weapons imports from Yemen supply Somali retail markets as well as...
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Yemen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yemen , officially Republic of Yemen, republic (2005 est. pop. 20,727,000), 207,300 sq mi...the southern edge of the Arabian peninsula. The present nation of Yemen was formed in 1990, when the Yemen Arab Republic (the former Yemen...
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Yemen Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
YEMEN CIVIL WAR The long, bitter, and costly struggle in North Yemen fought by the republicans and royalists between 1962 and 1970. The Yemen Civil War began with the 1962 revolution and dragged on intermittently until 1970. The second half...
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National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH YEMEN an association opposed to britain's role in south yemen in the 1960s. The National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen (NLF), an association of seven organizations, first...
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Jews of Yemen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Jews of Yemen ETHNONYMS: Teymanim, Yehudei Teyman Orientation...Identification and Location. Jews have lived in Yemen, a large and rugged country in the southwest...there may have been 60,000 Jews living in Yemen, but as of 1881 a movement began among...
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Yemen, Republic of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Yemen, Republic of A country in the south of the...industry is limited to food-processing. Yemen is heavily dependent on the remittances of...large number of Yemeni workers following Yemen's neutral stance in the 1991 Gulf War...
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