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	Yemen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية), composed of former North and South Yemen, is a country on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south and the Red Sea on the west.
		North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and became a republic in 1962.
		Yemen is in the Middle East, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west of Oman and south of Saudi Arabia.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Yemen (2467 words)

	Yemen - MSN Encarta
		Yemen was ruled by a series of Muslim caliphs, beginning with the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled from Damascus in the latter part of the 7th century; Umayyad rule was followed by the Abbasid caliphs in the early 8th century (see Caliphate).
		Despite this, the highlands of Yemen remained economically and culturally isolated from the outside world from the mid-17th century to nearly the mid-19th century, a period during which Western Europe was greatly influenced by modern thought and technology.
		The process by which Yemen and the Yemeni people were divided into two countries began with the British seizure of Aden in 1839 and the reoccupation of North Yemen by the Ottomans in 1849.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578405_6/Yemen.html (1410 words)

	Yemen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Yemen is bordered on the north by Saudi Arabia, on the east by Oman, on the south by the Gulf of Aden, and on the west by the Red Sea.
		Yemen is governed under the constitution of 1991, as amended in 1994 and 2001.
		North Yemen president Saleh became the leader of a unified Yemen, and Sana became the nation’s capital.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ye/Yemen.html (2426 words)

	History of Yemen - AITI Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.
		By the 16th century and again in the 19th century, north Yemen was part of the Ottoman empire and in some periods its Imams exerted suzerainty over south Yemen.
		Yemen became a member of the Arab league in 1945 and the United Nations in 1947.
	www.aitiyemen.com /History.htm (1850 words)

	North Yemen (1962-1990) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		North Yemen merged with South Yemen on 22 May 1990 to form Yemen.
		In 1962, the imam of Yemen was overthrown and the Yemen Arab Republic established.
		When North and South Yemen united in 1990, the new flag removed the star from it.
	www.fotw.net /flags/ye-north.html (133 words)

	UNICEF - At a glance: Yemen - The big picture
		Since 1990, when North and South Yemen unified, the country has had to deal with the merging of two different political and administrative systems, the effects of the Gulf war, and the impact of the 1994 civil war.
		Traditionally, North Yemen has been a very closed society with very little contact with the outside world and where education was confined only to religious schools.
		With the unification of North and South Yemen, the fight against poverty is the main theme of Government's poverty policy for the years to come and the need to improve the situation of children and women is emphasized.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/yemen.html (565 words)

	North Yemen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North Yemen is a term currently used to designate both the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1990) and its predecessor, the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1962), that exercised sovereignty over the territory that is now the northern part of the state of Yemen in southern Arabia.
		Neither state was ever self-designated "North Yemen" and the term only came into general use when the Federation of South Arabia gained independence as the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967 making such a distinction necessary.
		Alternate forms were "Yemen (Sanaa)" for North Yemen and "Yemen (Aden)" for South Yemen after their respective capital cities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Yemen (142 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		HISTORY Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.
		Former South Yemen British influence increased in the south and eastern portion of Yemen after the British captured the port of Aden in 1839.
		Coffee production, formerly the north's main export and principal form of foreign exchange, declined as the cultivation of qat (a shrub whose leaves contain a natural amphetamine and are chewed for a mild stimulating effect) increased.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/bgnotes/nea/yemen9511.html (3836 words)

	Bank notes of North Yemen and unified Yemen
		Lower value coins of silver and copper were produced in Yemen at the local mint in Sana’a, and sufficient quantities of these coins were produced by the mint to support the needs of the economy.
		It was one of the disappointments of the revolution that the sanctity of the houses belonging to these families was not always honoured and during the turmoil of the revolt in 1962 some houses were looted.
		The Yemen Currency Board was administered by a board of six directors, consisting of the Minister of the Treasury who was also the chairman, a vice-chairman, the general manager of the Currency Board -responsible for the day-to-day administration - and three directors appointed by the President of the Republic.
	www.al-bab.com /yemen/soc/banknotes.htm (1705 words)

	Country Pages : Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
		The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states.
		The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /regional/yemen/index.htm (93 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Asia - Yemen
		There was also a 301-seat provisional unified Parliament, consisting of 159 members from the north, 111 members from the south, and 31 independent members appointed by the chairman of the council.
		Yemen held its first direct presidential elections in September 1999, electing President Ali Abdallah Salih to a 5-year term in what were generally considered free and fair elections.
		Yemen is a very poor country with a population of approximately 18 million; about 40 percent of the population live in poverty.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/asia_pacific/yemen.html (10338 words)

	Yemen - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is bound by the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south, Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the north.
		South Yemen; In 1963 Aden was amalgamated with the British protectorate to form the Federation of South Arabia which resulted in rioting.
		Unified Yemen; In late 1989 a draft for a new constitution was announced and approved by both North and South Yemen.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/yemen.htm (1370 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Middle East & North Africa: Yemen
		In one incident reported in the Yemen Times, security and military forces responded to a vote-counting dispute between the GPC and the Islah party representatives by opening fire indiscriminately, using heavy and medium-caliber weapons, in villages in Ibb governorate.
		Yemen Times journalist Hasan al-Za'idi was detained by the PSO in both June and September, each time for about fourteen days, reportedly for being a distant relative of Al Za'idi tribesmen who had been involved in the kidnapping of two foreigners.
		Relations between Yemen and the United States remained strained in the aftermath of the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Aden harbor.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k2/mena10.html (1774 words)

	Yemen (01/06)
		In February 1989, north Yemen joined Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt informing the Arab Cooperation Council (ACC), an organization created partly in response to the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and intended to foster closer economic cooperation and integration among its members.
		Defense relations between Yemen and the United States are improving rapidly, with the resumption of International Military Education and Training assistance and the transfer of military equipment and spare parts.
		The Summit was an excellent forum for Yemen to share its democratic reform experiences, and it has agreed to participate in future activities detailed in the Sea Island charter.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35836.htm (5213 words)

	IFES - Yemen
		The Republic of Yemen was formed in 1990 when traditional North Yemen and Marxist South Yemen united after years of conflict.
		Yemen’s leadership has limited control outside the capital Sana’a, with tribal authority being the most dominant force.
		Illiteracy is prevalent and many Yemeni women have never participated in an election or had the opportunity to vote freely for a candidate of their choice.
	www.ifes.org /yemen.html (286 words)

	The Colonial Revolution and Civil War in South Yemen
		The overthrow of British imperialism, which was forced to retreat from Aden and South Yemen because of the movement of the masses, marked the beginning of the revolution in South Yemen.
		Clearly on the basis of the Yemen economy alone it was not possible to solve the problems which faced the workers and peasants, i.e.
		Thus the fate of South Yemen is the fate of all the countries where deformed workers' states have been set up - progressive on the one hand with the abolition of landlordism and capitalism - but reactionary in the setting up of one-party dictatorships without democracy for the workers and peasants.
	www.newyouth.com /archives/middleeast/civil_war_in_south_yemen.asp (3556 words)

	National Security and the Internet in the Persian Gulf: Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yemen is an out-lying country located on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula.
		The country’s creation in 1990 from the former Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the Marxist People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) was followed in 1994 by a civil war in which the south attempted to break away.
		Today, Yemen is attempting to overcome both its poverty and the legacies of the war.
	www.georgetown.edu /research/arabtech/pgi98-11.html (2509 words)

	Yemen
		The situation in North Yemen was also extremely precarious, where two presidents had been assassinated in less than a year.
		On March 30, 1979, Saleh, at the head of a North Yemen delegation, went to Kuwait for a meeting with his southern counterpart, Abdul Fattah Ismail and they agreed to set up committees to draft a constitution for the unified state.
		An agreement between North and South was finally reached, and in Aden on May 22, 1990, Saleh raised the flag of the new Independent Republic of Yemen.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /middleeast/00/yemen (2882 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Middle East and North Africa - YEMEN
		The attacks in the USA on 11 September increased political tension in Yemen which was placed under a de facto state of emergency with the Prime Minister reportedly declaring: ''We have decided that investigations must be carried out into anyone who had any connection...
		Widespread arrests of political suspects were carried out in different parts of the country throughout the year, particularly in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks.
		Both were in Yemen on an official fact-finding visit to establish joint cooperation projects between the CRSS and Yemen University as well as other official institutions.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/mde/yemen!Open (1413 words)

	Yemen - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Most coffee groves (Yemen invented the drink in the 11th century, and mocha is named for the Red Sea port, Al Mukha.) have been replaced by fields of kat, chewed as a stimulant.
		South Yemen won independence from Britain in 1967 after two years of Marxist-guerrilla warfare; it became the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1970.
		Yemen's modest oil reserves provide most of the revenue, but it is the poorest country in the Middle East.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_yemen.html (529 words)

	The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
		Youssef Aboul-Enein is currently serving in the U.S. Navy as the country director for North Africa and Egypt at the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
		Studying the Yemen War is also a vital step towards a real appreciation of the combat techniques and terrain of the area in which Osama bin Laden's family originated.
		Nasser and his Revolutionary Command Council did not understand that placement of troops in Yemen - at the gates of Saudi Arabia - would be viewed as a matter of life or death to the Al-Saud family, as well as increase the threat of British forces stationed in the Protectorate of Aden.
	www.army.mil /professionalwriting/volumes/volume2/march_2004/3_04_3.html (4061 words)

	TIME.com: SCUD Seizure Raises Tricky Questions -- Page 1
		Yemen on Tuesday protested the seizure of the missile shipment, and demanded its return, and after talks with U.S. officials Washington agreed to hand them over.
		Yemen's backing of Iraq during the first Gulf War may also have left U.S. officials concerned at the fact that it was acquiring such weapons at a time of mounting tension in the Gulf.
		Despite recent rapprochement, Yemen has long had a tense relations with its northern neighbor, Saudi Arabia, and Riyadh will share Washington's dismay at the news that the government in Yemen is trying to import medium-range missiles from North Korea.
	www.time.com /time/world/article/0,8599,398592,00.html (1109 words)

	B Raman on the North Korea-Yemen connection
		In his statement, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi, said: "The shipment belongs to the Yemeni government and its army and is meant for defensive purposes." He did not explain as to why the shipment was sought to be made in a clandestine manner without declaring the nature of the cargo in the ship's documents.
		How should the proliferation of North Korean missiles to Iran, Syria, Libya and Pakistan be stopped, is a subject that has been under discussion in the US Administration and Congress since 1998.
		One is to live with and deter a nuclear North Korea armed with delivery systems, with all its implications for the region.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/dec/12raman.htm (817 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute
		In 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) joined to create the present-day Republic of Yemen, at the same time ushering in a process of democratic reform unprecedented in the Middle East.
		Although there were reports of irregularities and intimidation by ruling party supporters, the elections were characterized by a remarkable increase in women's registration, a significant success in the administration of the elections, and a general air of excitement and enthusiasm at the polls.
		Further, NDI is assisting Yemen tribal leaders in their efforts to resolve long-standing conflicts.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/mena/yemen/yemen.asp (1437 words)

	Yemen
		1876 - 1905 North Yemen (Sana) annexed to Ottoman Empire.
		Territorial Disputes: North Yemen (Sana) claimed the Kamaran Islands and Perim Island held by South Yemen; sections of the boundary with North Yemen indefinite or undefined; no defined boundary with Saudi Arabia; Administrative Line with Oman.
		Territorial Disputes: North Yemen (Sana) claimed the Kamaran Islands and Perim Island held by South Yemen; sections of the boundary with South Yemen indefinite or undefined; section of boundary with Saudi Arabia.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Yemen.html (2137 words)

	History of Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In November 1989, the leaders of the YAR (Ali Abdallah Saleh) and the PDRY (Ali Salim Al-Bidh) agreed on a draft unity constitution originally drawn up in 1981.
		Yemen held its first direct presidential elections in September 1999, electing President Ali Abdallah Saleh to a 5-year term in what were generally considered free and fair elections.
		In April 2003, the third multiparty parliamentary elections were held with improvements in voter registration for both men and women and in a generally free and fair atmosphere.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/yemen.html (1672 words)

	Welcome to Yemen
		Economy—overview: The northern city Sanaa is the political capital of a united Yemen, and the southern city Aden, with its refinery and port facilities, is the economic and commercial capital.
		Former South Yemen's willingness to merge stemmed partly from the sharp decline in Soviet economic support.
		Yemen's GDP has been supplemented by remittances from Yemenis working abroad and by foreign aid.
	www.middleeastnews.com /Yemen.html (1293 words)

	Yemen
		Yemen is a member state of the League of Arab States
		Yemen's National System for Information provides general information on the country.
		The Yemen News Agency site provides Middle East and regional news as well as articles on Yemen.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/yemen.htm (292 words)

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