The New Dark Age

28 July 2011 — williambowles.info

Yemen president won’t give up power by force: minister
Reuters
By Samia Nakhoul LONDON (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who escaped an attempt on his life by opponents, will only cede power through the ballot box and the country will descend into civil war if he is forced from office, …

Yemeni Militants Demand Ransom for Missing Aid Workers
Voice of America
July 27, 2011 Yemeni Militants Demand Ransom for Missing Aid Workers VOA News Al-Qaida-linked militants in Yemen are demanding a $12 million ransom for the release of three French aid workers who went missing in May. Yemeni security officials and …

Microfinance sector in Yemen in trouble
Al-Bawaba
In 2010, microfinance was one of the strongest business sectors in Yemen, and Yemen ranked first in the microfinance industry among the Arab countries. But the recent uprising has negatively affected this vital sector that serves tens of thousands of …

EU Says GCC Plan “Best Solution” to Yemen Situation
Yemen Post
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said on Wednesday that the GCC-brokered power deal remains the most important key for the transitional period in Yemen….

Mosaic News – 07/26/11: Yemen Close to Collapse
linktv
UN envoy warns of dire situation in Yemen, Bahraini opposition to present evidence of regime’s human rights violations, Tunisians call for a “second revolution,” and more. Today’s headlines in full: Syria’s political party law fails to mollify …

Al-Qaeda Leader, Members Killed in Yemen Airstrike
Yemen Post
A prominent Al-Qaeda leader and four terrorists were killed in an air strike in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, aden-online.net reported on Wednesday. The website did not identify the leader as it said that the others inlcuded three terrorists from …

From Yemen Times: Modern marriage customs in Yemen
Al-Arabiya
By AFRAH NASSER In addition to the so called ‘traditional marriage’, which is arranged for by families and decided solely by parents, there is another type of marriage in Yemen that the younger generation is adopting increasingly. …

Al-Qaeda on Brink of Collapse but New Threats Arise: Officials
International Business Times
… that “we’re within reach of strategically defeating al-Qaeda,” a statement whose optimism officials tempered with the fact that America still faces threats from the jihadist ideology al-Qaeda espoused and from the organization’s offshoot in Yemen. …

[Sri Mulyani Indrawati] Winning transition to democracy
The Korea Herald
With brutal crackdowns in Syria, a bloody civil war in Libya, and Yemen teetering on the brink of chaos, the number of skeptics is growing. Although Egypt and Tunisia’s pro-democracy movements achieved rapid regime change, uncertainties remain in those …

Yemen’s Saleh Resilient as US Aid Flows Continue — News from …
By John Glaser
Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh will only cede power “through the ballot box and by adhering the constitution,” his foreign minister said. Still in Saudi Arabia recovering from injuries sustained in an assassination …

Government In The Lab | Blog | Road Map, Early Elections & Ramadan
By Afrah Nasser, Yemen Observer
I’d like to say humbly that I, myself have a road map for Yemen to get out of this suffocating political turmoil. A map that I claim could lead the uprising to become a success. My road map is .. Early Elections.. ; Parliamentary …

Humanitarian Fears in Yemen – NEWS – Current Intelligence
By IWPR
YEMEN – Acute water shortages in Taiz and arrival of droves of IDPs in Aden causes concerns. In the country’s third largest city Taiz, in the highlands of southern Yemen, people are being bombarded daily by the republican guard; …

Government forces, opposition backed-tribesmen agree to cement truce in south Yemen’s Taiz
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