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Yemen top military official assassinatedTwo suspected Islamist militants shot dead a provincial military intelligence chief in Yemen on Saturday, a security official said, the latest in a series of assassinations in the impoverished state's lawless south and east. T More… |
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Etihad launches direct flights to SanaaEtihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will launch direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Sanaa from September 1. The Yemeni capital will be the airline's eighth destination on the Arabian Peninsula. Fligh More… |
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Yemen in financial aid talks with IMFThe International Monetary Fund is discussing fresh financial aid to Yemen with the government of the country, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday. Masood Ahmed, director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia department, More… |
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Saudi deports thousands of 'illegal' YemenisSaudi Arabia has begun deporting thousands of Yemeni labourers following new regulations requiring foreigners to work only for their sponsors, a Yemeni official said on Monday, a move that could "significantly damage" More… |
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Alwaleed backs Yemen education projectAlwaleed Bin Talal Foundation chaired by Saudi billionaire prince Alwaleed has signed an MoU with The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to help improve the basic education in Yemen. Under the agreement signed with Dr Ibr More… |
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New tour firm offers offbeat destinationsOffbeatours, a tour company that focuses on a totally new concept of travel and tourism, has been launched in the UAE. The Dubai-based company was started by David Butler, aviation professional More… |
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Yemeni warplane crashes in Sanaa, 12 deadA Yemeni air force plane crashed in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, security sources said. State news agency Saba said three women and two children were among those killed when the plane, on a training fl More… |
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Yemen cbank slashes key interest rateYemen's central bank cut its deposit rate, the key rate which it uses to adjust monetary policy, by 3 percentage points to 15 per cent, the bank said in a statement carried by state news agency Saba on Thursday. The central ba More… |
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Major oil pipeline blown up in YemenUnidentified attackers blew up Yemen's main oil pipeline, forcing the country to shut down one of its most lucrative sources of income, government and tribal sources said on Saturday. Yemen's oil and gas pipelines have bee More… |
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Yemen parliament approves $12.9bn spending planYemen's parliament approved the transitional government's 2.77 trillion rials ($12.9 billion) 2013 spending plan on Saturday, four weeks after it was passed by the cabinet, after the former president's party withdrew objections to so More… |
