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	Yemen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Yemen was one of the oldest centres of civilization in the Near East.
		Yemen is in Southwest Asia, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west of Oman and south of Saudi Arabia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yemen (1919 words)

	Yemen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
		Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.
		In February 1989, north Yemen joined Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt informing the (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.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Yemen (1805 words)

	Yemen - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Yemen is a country in the ArabianPeninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the ArabianSea, Gulf of Aden, and RedSea, between Oman and SaudiArabia.
		Yemen is in Southwest Asia, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west ofOman and south of Saudi Arabia.
		After unification, the Republic of Yemen was accepted as a member of the ACC in place of its YAR predecessor.In the wake of the Gulf crisis, the ACC has remained inactive.
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=YE (1624 words)

	Freedom in the World 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yemen was divided into two countries, the Yemen Arab Republic of the north and the People's Republic of South Yemen, which ultimately unified in 1990 after decades of conflict and tensions.
		Yemen is a republic headed by a popularly elected president, with a bicameral parliament composed of a 301-seat popularly elected House of Representatives and an 111-member Majlis Al-Shura or Consultative Council appointed by the president.
		Yemen is one of the few countries in the Arab world to organize regular elections on national and local levels, with limited competition among the ruling GPC party; two main opposition parties, Islah and the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP); and a handful of other parties.
	freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2004/countryratings/yemen.htm (1335 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
		Egypt under Nasser aided the southern Marxist Yemen force militarily, including the use of chemical weapons, specifically mustard gas and perhaps an organophosphate nerve agent, against royalist troops in North Yemen.
		Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but was harmed by low oil prices in 1998.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Yemen (748 words)

	Yemen on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.
		Emigration and the rise of the novel in Yemen.
		Yemen's strife is a symbol of post-Soviet turmoil.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Yemen.asp (467 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Constitution effectively consolidates political power in the hands of the president, who wields broad executive authority and is empowered to appoint a vice president, a prime minister, and the Cabinet and can hold office for an unlimited number of terms.
		Factional competition between political interests aligned with the "conservative" North and the "socialist" South is a constant source of instability in Yemen.
		Despite this effort to counter GPC hegemony of the political arena, 70 per cent of voters approved constitutional changes in February 2001 which extends the presidential term of office from five years to seven, and that of the House of Representatives from four years to six.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Yem1.htm (1076 words)

	croci.html
		Gause's monograph, published in 1990, concentrates on the period 1962-1982, although relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemens are brought forward with some material on the intraparty blood bath in Aden in January 1986 and the discovery of oil in the YAR and the PDRY in 1984 and 1986, respectively.
		He identified two major Saudi goals in Yemen: (1) to prevent any form of Yemeni unity (presumably to prevent a sizeable non-monarchical Yemen from becoming a threat or challenge to Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Peninsula); and (2) to prevent threatening outside powers from establishing bases of influence on the Yemeni corner of the Peninusla.
		The Republic of Yemen is on the Arabian Peninsula, shares borders with two of the six Gulf states, and is an increasingly important actor in this key subregion of the Middle East.
	www.aiys.org /webdate/gaus2.html (1589 words)

	Republic of Yemen
		In 1962, northern Yemen is declared as the Yemen Arab Republic by Imam Badr.
		Southern Yemen was captured by the British in 1839 and remained under British influence until 1967 when they gained their independence.
		Yemen was the first country in the Arabian Peninsula to: give women the right to vote, have elected women as members of parliament, appoint a woman as minister for human rights, appoint a woman as ambassador to Holland.
	www.humboldt.edu /~go1/hist334/yemen.html (1965 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Yemen lies at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula and has frontiers with Saudi Arabia and Oman and controls the strategic straits at the Southern entrance to the Red Sea (Bab al Mendab).
		The People's Republic of South Yemen (later known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) was formed on 30 November 1967 from the territory of the former Federation of South Arabia and the Aden Protectorate.
		Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East; GDP per capita is less than $800 per annum, reflecting a weak economy and a rapidly expanding population of almost 20 million people.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019829189485 (984 words)

	Elections and mass politics in Yemen
		Yemen's commitment to elections accompanied the unification agreement between Ali Abdullah Salih, president of the (North) Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), and Ali Salim al-Baid, leader of the ruling party in the (South) People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY).
		Related to the mass conferences, political organising and press activity was a trend toward academic symposia on topics such as the constitutional amendments, administrative decentralisation, municipal services, and the campaign experience of women candidates.
		Popular ratification of the political establishment has not diminished profound disagreements over basic issues of governance and accountability, and more than a few thoughtful Yemenis fear that even the startling accomplishments of the last several years - unification and participatory politics - remain vulnerable to hostile forces in the country and in the region.
	www.al-bab.com /yemen/pol/scarap.htm (3304 words)

	Middle East Institute: Policy Brief
		Carapico, an observer of the elections, discussed the prospects for further democratization in Yemen and the repercussions of the rise of the Islamic Reform (Al-Islah) Party as a main rival to the ruling government.
		The bombing of the USS Cole was viewed by all parties in Yemen as an attack against their own government and society, as much as an attack against the United States.
		Speaker: Dr. Sheila Carapico Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Political Science at the University of Richmond in Virginia is author of Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia (Hardcover, April 1998).
	www.mideasti.org /articles/doc28.html (830 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was here that politics in Yemen showed their new direction.
		The role of tribes is important in Yemen, but it is not of paramount importance, especially for Saleh, whose tribe is urban and has few real connections to the rural Hashid tribes.
		Politics were more of a factor, as GPC and Islah both wanted to neutralize the reformed, and reformist, Marxists.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FD02Ak01.html (1436 words)

	POLITICS-YEMEN: An Ally Fights the U.S. Shadow
		Officials in Yemen say they were kept in the dark by the U.S. and German governments about any plans to arrest the two.
		”Yemen requests the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to hand the Yemeni citizens to her and not to any other party,” the government said in an official statement.
		Again, authorities in Yemen were not informed of the move.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=15257 (962 words)

	South Yemen: A Marxist Republic in Arabia, reviewed by J.E. Peterson, December 13, 1982
		The cleaving of geographical Yemen into two separate political entities is a recent and largely artificial development, but one which is likely to endure because of the radically different experiences undergone by the north and south over the last century.
		The emergence of a distinct South Yemen dates from the British occupation of Aden in 1839, which was followed by the gradual extension of British control over its hinterland.
		Closer to home, South Yemen and Oman have been more often than not on the verge of war, Saudi Arabia has been implacable in its enmity, and North and South Yemen fought two border wars in the 1970s despite their declared commitment to unity.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/121382/821213007.htm (757 words)

	YEMEN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: Ø§ÙØ¬ÙÙÙØ±ÙØ© Ø§ÙÙÙÙÙØ©), 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.
		Since the conclusion of the war, the government entered into agreement with the International_Monetary_Fund (IMF) to institute an extremely successful structural adjustment program.
		The World_Bank also is active in Yemen, with 22 active projects in 2004, including projects to improve governance in the public sector, water, and education.
	www.witwib.com /index.php?s=yemen (1862 words)

	''President Saleh's Careful Attempts to Retain Power in Yemen''--Ummah.comGeneral
		The upshot of the elections was the increased role of Islah.
		Saleh realized that he could have U.S. military help to fight his battles and also have a chance to change Yemen's image from a hotbed of Islamic militancy to an active fighter in the "war on terrorism." This move was also expected to improve Yemen's dire economic straits.
		When a C.I.A. drone killed six suspected al-Qaeda members, including the organization's man in Yemen, Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, the agreed-upon story was supposed to be that the militants were destroyed by their own bomb.
	www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=34224 (1505 words)

	Yemen and the Poverty in Power
		Yemen exhibits virtually all the characteristics of an area that, in classic paradigm of international intrigue, presents it as a virtual prisoner of external player.
		Yemen is a young democracy occupying a strategic position in the equation of Red Sea and Indian Ocean politics.
		Yemen is a young democracy surrounded by suspicious, and, at one time, hostile neighbors.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/1-13-2005-64167.asp (561 words)

	Government, Politics, Law: Yemen : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
		It provides data on the situation in Yemen and the relations between the Yemeni government and the USA government.
		It shows the news of the small community of the Jews that remains in the northern area of Yemen which is tolerated and allowed to practice Judaism.
		Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.
	www.loc.gov /rr/international/amed/yemen/resources/yemen-government.html (1530 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Facts and Figures on Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was elected president by the parliament of unified Yemen in 1990 and 1994.
		Yemen's fractious domestic politics along with a history of domination by Saudi Arabia make it an insignificant player on the wider Arab political stage.
		In the north, the Ottomans ruled until the end of World War I, followed by the reign of the Imams, or priest-kings, Yahya and Ahmad.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntm04490.htm (304 words)

	The Daily Star - Politics - Yemen recovers vast border areas from Saudi Arabia
		SANAA: Yemen has begun recovering vast tracts of desert the size of Switzerland from Saudi Arabia under an agreement signed four years ago, which ended a decades-long border dispute.
		He cited in particular "the issue of the displacement of inhabitants and the organization of pasture on both sides of the border." After a series of skirmishes, Yemen and Saudi agreed in 1995 to renew a 1934 territorial accord in which Yemen ceded the Assir, Najran and Jizan provinces to its rich neighbor.
		Yemen's ambassador to Riyadh, Dhaifallah Hussein Shamila, said at the time that while the last marker had been laid at the frontier, "the only work that remains is technical, including drawing the maps, which should be completed around mid-2005."
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=6175 (876 words)

	Democratic Yemen
		Yemen: The Tortuous Quest for Unity, 1990-94 (Chatham House Papers)
		P.D.R. Yemen: Outpost of Socialist Development in Arabia (Political Science of the Middle East, No 27)
		Law and justice in contemporary Yemen: The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic
	www.veryhappening.com /things/democratic_yemen (109 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Special report: Yemen
		April 14: Yemen is questioning two senior, secret-police officers, after 10 al-Qaida suspects, including two linked to the suicide bombing of the US warship Cole, escaped from a Yemeni jail, an official said yesterday.
		January 1: The authorities in Yemen have arrested "scores" of Muslim militants in a crackdown against suspected terrorists after the killing of three US missionaries and the assassination of a veteran politician, security officials said today.
		November 18: Britain's embassy in Yemen has been closed to the public amid evidence that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network is shifting its focus towards attacking allies of the US.
	www.guardian.co.uk /yemen/0,2759,193338,00.html (767 words)

	Yemen : Geography, People, Politics, Government, Economy, transport
		Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but has been harmed by periodic declines in oil prices.
		Yemen has embarked on an IMF-supported structural adjustment program designed to modernize and streamline the economy, which has led to substantial foreign debt relief and restructuring.
		Yemen has worked to maintain tight control over spending and to implement additional components of the IMF program.
	www.studentsoftheworld.info /infopays/wfb.php3?CODEPAYS=YEM (1243 words)

	Politics of Yemen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Data code: YM Government type: (A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch) republic
		Capital: (The capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau) Sanaa
		Ali Abdallah SALIH (since 22 May 1990, the former president of North Yemen, assumed office upon the merger of North and South Yemen); Vice President Maj. Gen.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_yemen.htm (442 words)

	Japan Policy & Politics: Japan, Yemen agree to cooperate in antiterrorism fight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the missions is to survey the local situation in response to the Yemeni government's request to Japan to help construct an elementary school, while the other is to check the security situation in the country, the official said.
		Kurbi said Yemen needs resources in order to carry out further economic reforms at home and explained that terrorism is related to issues involving poverty and development, according to the official.
		In the campaign against terrorism, Yemen has been cooperating with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation in return for Washington providing training and equipment for Yemen's forces and coast guard, the official said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2002_March_11/ai_84336226 (436 words)

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