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  Yemen Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yemen is composed of former North and South Yemen.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh became the first elected President in reunified Yemen in 1999 [though he had been President of unified Yemen since 1990 and President of North Yemen since 1978] and most recently was re-elected in September of 2006 after an initial reluctance to run once more.
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.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Yemen.html   (3990 words)

  
 YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC,
The republic was bounded on the N by Saudi Arabia, on the E by the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), and on the W by the Red Sea.
Northern Yemen was a founder of the Arab League in 1945, and it joined the UN in 1947.
Saleh was reelected in 1983 and 1988, and he became president of the united Republic of Yemen when the merger with the PDRY was proclaimed in May 1990.
www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=226288   (1448 words)

  
  Yemen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The present nation of Yemen was formed in 1990, when the Yemen Arab Republic (the former Yemen or Northern Yemen) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (the former Southern Yemen) were unified.
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.
www.bartleby.com /65/ye/Yemen.html   (2426 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
President, it is my great honor to welcome you to the White House and to extend to you the greetings of all Americans on this historic visit to our country, the first ever by the President of the Yemen Arab Republic.
President, in just a few minutes we'll move inside to begin our discussions, discussions on issues of mutual interest ranging from strategic trends in the region and the world to bilateral aid to your rapidly growing role as an oil exporter.
President, dear friends, our world is now entering the last decade of the 20th century, a century which has witnessed the most violent wars in human history as well as the greatest scientific achievements of mankind.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1990/90012401.html   (1116 words)

  
 JURIST - Yemen: Yemeni Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
The Republic of Yemen, comprising the former (northern) Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and (southern) People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), was proclaimed in 1990.
The Republic of Yemen (ROY) was declared on May 22, 1990.
Yemen's judiciary has five types of courts: Criminal; civil and personal status (for example, divorce and inheritance); kidnaping/terrorism; commercial; and court-martial.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/yemen.htm   (821 words)

  
 Yemen - Arab Realtionship and World Affaires
The Republic of Yemen was formed in May 1990 by the amalgamation of the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and the People´s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY).
The People´s Republic of Southern Yemen, comprising Aden and the former Protectorate of South Arabia, was formed on 30 November 1967.
In January 1991 Yemen presented a peace plan in an attempt to prevent war in the Gulf; however, despite numerous diplomatic initiatives undertaken by the Government of Yemen, prior to the UN deadline of 15 January, the peace plan failed to prevent the outbreak of war in the Gulf on 16-17 January.
members.aol.com /arabinfo7/yemenhis.htm   (1171 words)

  
 About Yemen
Yemen is a country in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
In 1994, the president was elected by the House of Representatives for a five-year term.
In 1994, Yemen's president appointed a committee to revise the provincial boundaries.
www.ycic.com /about_yemen.htm   (2258 words)

  
 Yemen (02/07)
In September 2006, citizens re-elected President Saleh to a second term in a generally open and competitive election, although there were multiple problems with the voting process and use of state resources on behalf of the ruling party.
The Republic of Yemen maintains an Embassy in the United States at 2319 Wyoming Ave.
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.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35836.htm   (5236 words)

  
 Sea Island Summit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
President Ali Ali Abdullah Saleh was born on March 21st 1942 in Bait Al Ahmar village in the Sana'a Governorate.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded on numerous occasions while defending the revolution and the Republic.
On September 23rd 1999 he was re-elected president of the Republic of Yemen in the first direct presidential election by the people of Yemen.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/g8usa/yemen.htm   (709 words)

  
 Arabs
Arabs are living in an area of 10 million km², with a total population of 250 million.
Although Arabs originating from the Arab heartland at some time emigrated into all the new territories which today have a population defined as "Arabs," these territories were already peopled by a population far larger than the immigrants.
Arabs would come to have some influence to the race, but in most cases the Arab peoples living in lands originally non-Arab, represent about the same racial composition as before the Arabization.
lexicorient.com /e.o/arabs.htm   (636 words)

  
 Embassy of Yemen - Issues of Interest:  Yemeni-US Relationship
The position taken by the Republic of Yemen regarding the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq was misinterpreted.
President Saleh reiterated Yemen’s condemnation of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. and Yemen’s denunciation of all forms of terrorism.
President Saleh expressed his concern and hope that the military action in Afghanistan does not exceed its borders and spread to other parts of the Middle East, igniting further instability in the region.
www.yemenembassy.org /issues/ymusrelshp/index.htm   (1422 words)

  
 Yemen
The Republic of Yemen was founded in 1990 by the unification of the Yemen Arab Republic (formerly North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (formerly South Yemen).
Lieutenant-General Ali Abdullah Saleh, leader of the GPC and former president of North Yemen, who had led Yemen against the secessionist forces in the civil war, was re-appointed in 1994 to a five-year term as president of united Yemen.
Yemen continues to suffer the repercussions of its pro-Iraqi stance in the 1991 Gulf War.
www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive2/yemen/yemen.htm   (761 words)

  
 Arabian Network for Internet
President Saleh was re-elected in 1999 in Yemen's first-ever direct presidential election.
Saleh became president of the new republic created by the merger of the two Yemens in 1990.
The reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, Yemen has been at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia for thousands of years thanks to its key position on the ancient spice routes.
www.an4i.com /yemen/index.htm   (152 words)

  
 Yemen
On June 24, 1978, President Ahmed Al Ghashmi was assassinated by a briefcase bomb planted by the socialist party in Aden, South Yemen.
The Republic of Yemen was governed by a Presidential Council consisting of five members for a transitional period up to the first multi-party elections.
The President and Vice-President were elected at their first meeting, and the parliament consisted of all the Shura Council members and the People's Assembly.
www.internationalspecialreports.com /middleeast/00/yemen   (2882 words)

  
 Yemen Arab Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), (in Arabic: الجمهوريّة العربية اليمنية [al-Jamhūrīyah al-`Arabīyah al-Yamanīyah]) also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northern part of what is now Yemen.
Unlike East and West Germany or North and South Korea, the YAR and its southern neighbour, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), also known as South Yemen, remained relatively friendly, though relations were often strained.
The Republic of Yemen was declared on 22 May 1990.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic   (430 words)

  
 Arab Inter-parliamentary Union
The Constituent Conference of the Arab IPU was held in Damascus from 19 to 21 June 1974.
The Headquarters: The permanent headquarters of the union is in Damascus, capital of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Since its foundation in 1974, the Arab IPU was keen to effectively participate in the activities of the IPU, especially after acquiring the status of an observer at the IPU’s 61st Conference held in Tokyo in 1974.
www.arab-ipu.org /english   (1851 words)

  
 - The President sworn in, promises to purge state from the corrupt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The president promised to increase activation of the role of the legislative power, and the central apparatus for audit and accountability, indicating at the same time that corruption is an integrated system not confined to administrative aspects but rather the political aspects as well.
The president added that one of the priorities of his new term is the achievement of agricultural and industrial progress, fighting poverty, creation of job opportunities for the unemployed, implementation of many housing projects for those of limited income and expansion in the social safety net.
Yemen is practically a cool green paradise, with crisp mountain air, enormous acacia trees, pristine coral reefs and verdant fields bursting with khat, a psychoactive plant that induces mild euphoria.
www.almotamar.net /en/991.htm   (948 words)

  
 New Page 1
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2005–).
Son of long-time Syrian president Hafiz al-Asad, studied ophthalmology in London in the 1990s until called home to be groomed for the presidency of Syria.
Agreed to form the United Arab Republic, a union between Egypt and Syria, in 1958 and served as its president until Syria seceded in 1961.
www.cqpress.com /docs/ME10eBioFinal.htm   (8543 words)

  
 FACT SHEET: Yemen at a Glance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Since its foundation in 1990, the Republic of Yemen has wrestled with a series of crises, never quite able to achieve the political or economic stability required to become reasonably prosperous.
Defense relations between Yemen and the U.S. are improving with the recent resumption of international military education and training assistance and the commercial transfer of some military spare parts.
Women are granted relative equity under Yemen's constitution, yet interpretations of Shari'a and social custom result in ongoing violations of women's human rights, including the failure to enforce laws pertaining to violence against women and the heightening of women's vulnerability to accusations of "moral crimes" (which can include being in public without a male escort).
deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/middle_east/yemen/index.shtml   (704 words)

  
 Dominican Republic Peso, Currency of the DR, DOP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The political structure of the Dominican Republic is known as a "representative democracy," where national power is divided amongst independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
The president and vice president both run for office on the same ticket, and are elected by direct vote for four-year terms.
The Dominican Republic suffers from large income inequality, as the poorest half of the population receives less than one fifth of the GNP, while the richest 10% enjoys almost 40% of the national income.
www.gocurrency.com /countries/dominican_republic.htm   (506 words)

  
 East Timor's Premier Has Arab Ancestry
The Arab media is famous for its particular interest in following and chasing prominent figures of Arab origin in the countries to which they emigrated whenever they become prominent or influential in a particular field.
Sometimes the Arab media tend to give the Arab character to people who do not declare in public their belonging to Arab origins as in the case of many political and economic figures in North and South America.
During the emergence of the issue of East Timor, the Arab media adopted slogans and positions that focused on the presence of a conspiracy backed by the 'hateful Crusading west' to weaken and undermine the Indonesian Muslim nation starting with the creation of an independent Christian entity for Christians in East Timor.
www.etan.org /et2002c/july/21-27/21arab.htm   (1129 words)

  
 British-Yemeni Society: Education of girls in the Yemen, by Laila Noman
Both parts of the Yemen were suffering the same kinds of problems: insufficient government budgets, lack of Yemeni teachers, overcrowding, inefficiency in management, urban and male bias.
The government of the Republic is now integrating the two systems into a unified nine years of basic education, followed by three years of secondary schooling.
The educational bias in the Yemen is towards males, urban populations and also for primary and intermediate levels.
www.al-bab.com /bys/articles/noman95.htm   (1634 words)

  
 Constitution of the Yemen Arab Republic, 1970
We should open the doors of Yemen for all useful sciences, arts, and cultures, experienced by all nations, and should, with perception, study, and scrutiny, obtain wisdom wherever it is found and strengthen our ties with our brothers the Arabs and between ourselves and our friends in both the East and the West.
Article 5: Yemen is an indivisible whole and endeavours to realise the Yemeni unity which is the sacred duty of every citizen.
Article 85: The Chairman of the Republican Council shall appoint a chairman (i.e., Prime Minister) for the Council of Ministers after obtaining the consent of the Republican Council, provided that he is from Yemeni parents and that he is not married to, or does not marry during his term of office, a foreigner.
www.al-bab.com /yemen/gov/off1.htm   (6554 words)

  
 Ali Abdullah Saleh, Dictator of the Month January, 2006
He was elected president of the Republic on 01 October 1994 and promoted to the rank of Marshall on 24 December 1997.
He was directly elected president by the population for the first time, (not by the council) in 1999 by a 96% majority of votes.
Despite improvements, basic infrastructure and services in Yemen are still way behind the modern world, with the average family having 6.7 children and an unemployment rate at 35%.
www.dictatorofthemonth.com /Saleh/Jan2006SalehEN.htm   (970 words)

  
 Yemen: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Formerly divided into two nations, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic, the Republic of Yemen occupies the southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula on the Red Sea opposite Ethiopia and extends along the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Yemen: History - History Northern Yemen The earliest recorded civilizations of S Arabia were the Minaean and...
Yemen's strife is a symbol of post-Soviet turmoil.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108153.html   (1193 words)

  
 Government multi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This five-member ruling council included Ali Abdallah Salah (former president of the Yemen Arab Republic) and Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen's former president).
Isolated from the outside world for up to a thousand years, the Yemen is now opening up and embracing modern life.
Within the last generation, the Republic of Yemen has begun the development process and is stretching its wings.
lennon.csufresno.edu /~aaa34/government.htm   (157 words)

  
 Yemen: Angus Reid Global Monitor
Ali Abdullah Saleh served as the president of the Yemen Arab Republic—or North Yemen—from 1978 to 1990, when he became the head of state of the new merged state of Yemen.
A September poll by the Yemen Polling Center placed Saleh as the frontrunner with 49 per cent, followed by Bin Shamlan with 30 per cent.
The president is elected by popular vote to a seven-year term.
www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12015   (1012 words)

  
 President Saleh’s 29-year election history - Yemen Times
The Republic of Yemen was established May 22, 1990 by uniting the two formerly independent states of the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY).
Saleh was elected president of the council and Al-Beidh was vice president.
Parliament issued a new constitutional law on Sept. 29, 1994, whereby a president and a vice president, the latter of whom was to be appo
www.yementimes.com /article.shtml?i=977&p=report&a=1   (1082 words)

  
 President of Yemen Arab Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a complete list of the Presidents of the Yemen Arab Republic (also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaa)) which existed from 1962-1990.
Ali Abdullah Saleh (18 July 1978-22 May 1990, president of unified Yemen 22 May 1990 - present)
For presidents of Yemen after 1990, see List of Presidents of Yemen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_North_Yemen   (123 words)

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