Link Dump: Yemen
Fatwa-ed: Journalist Nabil al-Soufi still fatwa-ed by Zindani for reporting on the dispute with the US regarding his classification as a terrorist.
Child Trafficking: Nevertheless, he added, there is no written law that prohibits the crime or prescribes punishment. “We try offenders for child abuse in accordance with the childhood law, as there is no law that explicitly forbids actual child trafficking, so deterring penalties need to be imposed.”
Drugs seized: soon to be destroyed.
Oil: It exported some 40 million barrels of oil during the period at an average price of about $46.42 a barrel compared with 41m barrels at an average price of $34.49 during the same period in 2004, amounting to $1.41bn, the bank said.
Aden: Memories of the RAF
Yemen Times major articles 1978-2000
Transparency International: Yemen 103, UNDP: Yemen 151 , more stats
Prayer Time disputed, results in job loss: The time table was sent to endowment office to be circulated to all mosques, with an order to monitor those who disobeyed. Sheikh Al-jafry did not circulate it, as the timetable contradicted another one that was issued by some Sofi clerics. The Governor was offended by this behavior and ordered his discharge….The decision concerning the Athan time has become a problem to the people in the governate, because of the diversity in creeds and religious ideologies.
Child Trafficking: Seven attempts of smuggling nearly 250 children had been stopped during the first week of Ramadan. The security source said that in each attempt of smuggling they found over 30 children. “12 children did not know the motive for their being trafficked to the Saudi territory as they are still under six years of age. Other children had some understanding of the reasons behind the smuggling, which was conducted with the knowledge of the parents,” the source added.
Female mortality: Among the 18,000 maternal deaths in the region each year, 7,800 occur in Yemen, 3,000 in Egypt, and 1,600 in Morocco. Overall, a leading cause of death among women of reproductive age is pregnancy-related illness.
Argiculture losses: The losses, due to the increase in the price of diesel, are estimated at between YR 25.8 and 34.5 billions….The number of landowners is 1.1 million, with agricultural land covering 1.13 hectares, of which 430,722 hectares are dependant on wells for their water supply.
Begging: Most beggars have no other source of income. They form a new poverty-stricken community that contributes to the increase of illiterate children with no access to health care services. Hopes of eradicating beggary diminish with rising unemployment. Unconfirmed studies estimate there to be nearly 1.5 million beggars in Yemen.
The port: Aden was once one of the world’s main ports for shipping and transshipment warehousing. About 7,000 vessels a year used its facilities in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
The port Dubai development plans
Yale: Contrary to the prevalent view in the West that all of Arab world is an undemocratic desert, there are two oases: Lebanon and Yemen. Their experiences, however, underscore the challenges of sowing the seeds of democracy in the Middle East. …The only way that North Yemen, ruled by the centrist General People Congress, and South Yemen, governed by the Socialist Party, could unify in 1990 was by being a multi-party democracy. Whereas its multi-party parliamentary elections in 1993 went unnoticed by the Clinton administration, they inspired many leading Saudi citizens to demand such a poll in their country. King Fahd’s dictatorial regime came down hard on these dissenters while Washington looked on passively. Democracy indeed can spread across borders, but it will falter unless bolstered by external support.
ibb construction, aden construction
Centcom: civil affairs
PEPS: Oil production blocks by foreign company
Parliament Speaker: democracy going well
IMF: Yemen balance sheet
State Department Country Background
UN Register of conventional arms
Food: Generally, the local production covers around two thirds of the Yemeni economy needs of food as there are major commodities that are not grown locally and therefore all Yemen’s needs of them are imported, such as rice and sugar.
