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1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info

Yemen wild card: Tribal loyalties
Christian Science Monitor
Anti-government protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Feb. 27. By Michael Horton, Correspondent / March 1, 2011 In an elegantly built stone house, …
www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0301/Yemen-wild-card-Tribal-loyalties

Armed tribesmen kidnap Uzbek doctor in Yemen
Reuters
ADEN, March 1 (Reuters) – Armed tribesmen kidnapped an Uzbek doctor in
Yemen, demanding the government hold accountable those responsible for an
air strike on their city years ago, tribal sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Abdulhamid Jun, a doctor at a …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/yemen-kidnapping-idUSLDE72002T20110301

Yemeni man’s torture claims
Herald Sun
A Yemeni man alleges he was arrested by the CIA in Tanzania in 2003, flown
to Djibouti to be tortured for a fortnight, and left languishing for years
in secret prisons in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Mohammed al-Asad, 51, had
been living with his family …
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/yemeni-mans-torture-claims/story-e6frf7lf-1226014190877

Yemen Provides Economic Relief to Saada Residents, Saba Says
Bloomberg
By Vivian Salama – Tue Mar 01 08:41:32 GMT 2011 Yemen’s government has
started a $40000 emergency “income-generating project” to some 200
families in the province of Saada, state-run Saba News Agency reported,
citing Taha Hajir, the local governor. …
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-01/yemen-provides-economic-relief-to-saada-residents-saba-says.html

British Airways IT Worker Guilty of Terrorist Plot
Fly | Global Music Culture
Rajib Karim, 31, was a disciple of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemen-based radical
cleric, and was giving information to help stage terror attacks in the US.
Karim was found guilty by a Woolwich Crown Court jury of 3 additional
counts of planning terrorist …
www.fly.co.uk/news/british-airways-it-worker-guilty-of-terrorist-plot-1983566.html

Yemen: Government bans media coverage of anti-regime protests
Zawya
Al-Arami told the Yemen Times that the website was blocked because of its
news about recent developments in Aden, Sana’a and other governorates. He
indicated that the website has become suscessful by reporting breaking news
and using multimedia to …
www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110301083944

UN Rights Chief Warns Yemen Against Violent Repression
Zawya
GENEVA (AFP)—The United Nations human rights chief Tuesday warned Yemeni
authorities against the violent repression of peaceful protests, saying
that people have the right to express their grievances. “People have the
legitimate right to express their …
www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZW20110301000101

Tajik Doctor Kidnapped In Yemen
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
A Tajik doctor has been kidnapped by armed tribesmen in south-central
Yemen, his colleague told RFE/RL’s Tajik Service. Saidahmad Bekov, a
manager with the Russian company Tekhnostroyeksport, told RFE/RL that
Homidjon Ochilov, 60, was kidnapped in …
www.rferl.org/content/tajik_doctor_yemen/2324406.html

Yemen: Thousands Protest on Day of Wrath · Global Voices
By Amira Al Hussaini
Thousands of protesters are marching across Yemen, in a Day of Wrath, to
condemn Friday’s attacks on protests in Aden and call for the end of the
Ali Abdullah Saleh regime. According to Amnesty International, clashes on
the day claimed …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/01/yemen-thousands-protest-on-day-of-wrath/

Civil War Looms, As Yemen’s Opposition Party Declares Support For …
By Gus Lubin
Yemen is set to see the largest protests yet occur tomorrow, when the JMP
opposition party will join tens of thousands of young protesters, according
to the New Yorker. President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said he will resist
protesters …
www.businessinsider.com/yemen-civil-war-2011-2

Lebanon news – NOW Lebanon -Saleh warns of fractured Yemen if his …
President Ali Abdullah Saleh warned Monday that Yemen would fracture if his
regime falls, as protests calling for his ouster raged across the Arabian
Peninsula state and four people were hurt in clashes. “I warn [that] . …
www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=245543