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Five Million Yemeni Kids Stunted by Malnutrition

Filed under: Children, Yemen, photos — by Jane Novak at 9:35 am on Monday, February 18, 2008

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This photo is from an article in the Yemen Times about a cholera outbreak, probably caused by contaminated water; officials have done nothing.

Half of Yemen’s ten million kids are stunted by malnutrition. It doesn’t mean they are a tad short. The picture is of a ten year old, Younis.

This is the third most hungry child population in world.

Protests Turn Deadly in Aden, Yemen

Filed under: South Yemen, Yemen, photos — by Jane Novak at 7:28 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2008

On the 21 Anniversary of 13 January events
Yemeni Security Forces Kill Two Persons and Wound Thirteen in Aden

Two persons were killed and fifteen wounded in Aden when Regular Forces opened fire on crowds of southerners protesters who came from all southern governorates in a gesture of reconciliation and tolerance.

The protesters crowded in al-Hashimi station in al-Sheikh Othman district starting in the early morning in commemoration of the 21 anniversary of 13 January 1986 events which occurred in South Yemen between the different wings in socialist party (Y.S.P) who led the south before unity.

A responsible source in the Joint Meeting Parties (J.M.P) in Aden governorate said to Armies of Liberation that the ruling party never ask for peace and what happened in al-Hashimi station this morning is a proof for that, and he added, “We will continue in our adjusted demanded until achieving equal citizenship and get back all our legal rights.”

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Yemen Times has more.

The Yemeni Intifada: The Video

Filed under: South Yemen, Yemen, photos — by Jane Novak at 3:41 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2008

There’s one on Youtube. NSFW: violence.

Its eight minutes of sporadic shooting and the crowd rescuing the wounded, but no one goes home.

For those of you on the email subscription, this is link: click here if you can’t see the embedded version.

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