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Bulgaria’s ambassador to Yemen has escaped a kidnap attempt while he was driving through Sanaa, where Oman has closed it embassy and withdrawn its staff over “terrorist threats,” diplomats...
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US support essential to make transition succeed in Yemen: HadiSANA’A- President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi stressed on Sunday that the US support is essential to make the transitional period succeed in Yemen. During his meeting with US...
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Fla. postal worker says mystery package from Yemen left him ill; postal service denies claimDue to his illness, Jeffrey A. Lill sleeps up to 16 hours a day in a hospital bed in Rochester, N.Y ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando postal worker says...
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Gunmen toss grenade at home of Yemen info ministerGunmen toss grenade at home of Yemen info minister SANAA: Unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at the house of Yemen’s Information Minister Ali al-Amrani in Sanaa, injuring...
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UN envoy to Yemen: Problems pile up in absence of security, reformsYemen Voice / Middle East Online : Benomar cautions people will start to question government credibility especially considering the escalating humanitarian crisis. Two months after a new...
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Second Yemeni dies after attack on Total company staffYemen Voice / SANAA – A second Yemeni has died following an attack on Tuesday by suspected al Qaeda gunmen on a vehicle carrying employees of France’s Total in...
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Obama Gives Green Light to Expanded Drone Campaign in YemenYemen Voice – Just weeks ago the CIA requested expanded authority to deploy drones to target and kill suspected militants hiding in Yemen. To no one’s surprise, President Obama...
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Yemen president challenged by ex-president’s sonYemen Voice - Yemen’s new president faced a new challenge Sunday when the powerful son of the man he replaced appointed his own person _ a relative...
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Yemen kills 12 militants in southern region, official saysYemen says it has killed 12 Al Qaeda-linked insurgents outside the town of Lawdar in the country’s restive southern region, while rebels reported killing seven troops in the...
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Saudi Arabia to meet Yemen fuel needs until June-sourcesYemen Voice - Saudi Arabia will continue to help Yemen by supplying it with refined oil products in May and June, traders said on Monday, extending a lifeline to...
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Yemen UN envoy asks ex-president to stop meddlingYemen Voice – The U.N. envoy to Yemen met Monday with the country’s ex-president to press him to stop meddling in the country’s affairs, diplomats said, a sign of...
Arab and international
PHOTO: The UN now has 189 observers in Syria to monitor the nation’s tenuous ceasefire. Security force raids on protest hubs and clashes with armed rebels left 23 Syrians...
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Murdoch hacking scandal piles pressure on UK government* Media minister under fire over News Corp links * Opposition call on Hunt to stand down * James Murdoch says did not use newspapers to sway...
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North Korea’s nuclear testsYemen Voice – North Korea’s nuclear programme has been a source of great concern for the international community for more than 20 years. The state is already believed...
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Egypt cancels gas deal with IsraelYemen Voice – Egypt’s state-run gas company has terminated a controversial natural gas deal with Israel, adding stress to the increasingly fragile relationship between Israel and one of its...
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China’s exports keep rising despite higher costsEven as wages rise, its currency strengthens and growth in demand slows, China’s exports grab more market share and manufacturers invest in making higher-value items such as heavy machinery....
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China ejects Bo from elite ranks, wife suspected of murderYemen Voice / Reuters – China’s Communist Party has suspended former high-flying politician Bo Xilai from its top ranks and named his wife a suspect in the murder of...
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UK can send Islamist cleric to face U.S. trialYemen Voice – Britain can extradite its most notorious Islamist cleric to the United States to stand trial on charges that he supported al Qaeda and aided a fatal...
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Santorum to quit presidential race: sourcesYemen Voice /Reuters – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will say he is dropping out of the White House race on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the decision told...
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News of the Day From Across the Globe1 President dies: Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, 78, has died after a heart attack, doctors who treated him said Friday. Under the Constitution, Vice President Joyce Banda should...
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Saudi opens trial of 50 Al-Qaeda suspectsYemen Voice / AFP / RIYADH — The trial opened in Saudi Arabia on Saturday of 50 Al-Qaeda suspects accused of carrying out and plotting attacks in the kingdom,...
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Nobel Winner Grass: Israel A Threat To World PeaceYemen Voice / BERLIN (AP) — German Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass labeled Israel a threat to “already fragile world peace” in a poem published Wednesday that drew sharp...
Entertainment News
A gay couple marries in San Francisco City Hall on June 17, 2008. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.) By Howard Goodman : Florida Center for Investigative Reporting With Barack Obama making...
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Cut your number of migraines in half ( half Headache )Yemen Voice – Nearly 40 percent of people who have migraines could benefit from taking a daily medication to help prevent them, studies show. Yet only a small percentage...
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Yemeni filmmakers present the plight of marginalized communitiesYemen Voice / Kuwait times – Yemen’s contemporary society finds its echoes in the films that are being screened at the fifth Gulf Film Festival being held from April...
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Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn moon geyser imagesBy Paul Rincon Yemen Voice – The Cassini spacecraft has captured striking images from flying by three moons of Saturn, including new pictures of Enceladus’s gushing geysers. ...
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Pesticides hit queen bee numbersBy Richard Black Yemen Voice – Some of the world’s most commonly used pesticides are killing bees by damaging their ability to navigate and reducing numbers of queens, research suggests....
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American Woman Falls in Love with a Donkey and Marry HimTony Nicklinson right-to-die case (mercy killing): Legal action can go ahead In a strange kind of reason to laugh at times and disgusting at other times may seem...
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Electronic records in medicine have both pros and consYemen Voice – In his excellent article on the costs of electronic medical records, Bill Toland mistakenly stated that physicians who have electronic systems with the ability to easily...
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Obesity harms ‘later brain skill’A study of 250 people aged between 60 and 70 found those with a high body mass index (BMI) and big waists scored more poorly in cognitive tests. The...
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Pro-choice supporters plan first ever protest against anti-abortion activistsCounter-demonstration to be held at British Pregnancy Advisory Service clinic in London targeted by religious groups Pro-choice supporters are to protest against anti-abortion activists outside a London clinic run...
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Studying Islam amid the strife in YemenStudying Islam amid the strife in Yemen Thousands from all over world pursue religious interest in the country Mukalla: Despite fierce fighting between Yemen rivals during the political crisis...
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Common medicines cut cancer drug potencyMany patients taking a widely prescribed class of oral cancer drugs are also using a variety of medications that could reduce the effectiveness of the cancer treatment or increase...
Tourism and Business
PM calls again for reconsidering Yemeni gas prices SANA’A, – Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa called again Thursday for reconsidering the prices of the Yemeni gas to achieve equitable...
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Yemen LNG says resumed operations on April 21Yemen Voice – Yemen LNG resumed operations on April 21, the company said in a statement on Sunday, after a blast on its feed pipeline in end-March...
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China’s exports keep rising despite higher costsEven as wages rise, its currency strengthens and growth in demand slows, China’s exports grab more market share and manufacturers invest in making higher-value items such as heavy machinery....
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Europe’s still a thorn, but ‘out of crisis mode’Yemen Voice – Europe is still mired in a debt crisis, but Wall Street experts are largely hopeful that the worst is over. Only five of the 33 market...
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Record-hunting in YemenHypnotic oud, Polish jazz, the Godfather of Soul – and lots of the local amphetamine. Vinyl obsessive Chris Menist takes stock of his finds from a crate-digging trip on...
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IMF : Global recovery still fragile, seeing improvementYemen Voice /Money Control - The global recovery is still "very fragile" despite signs of financial stabilization in the euro zone and stronger growth in the United States, the...
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Asia Distillates-Gasoil prices edge up as crude fallsYemen Voice / SINGAPORE / Reuters - Asian gas-oil differentials edged up on Thursday as underlying crude prices fell, driving buying sentiment, traders said. The cash differential for the benchmark 0.5 percent...
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IMF approves $93.7m for Yemen’s crisis-hit economyYemen Voice – The International Monetary Fund resumed lending to Yemen on Wednesday, approving the payment of a USD 93.7 million loan to the country to address its urgent...
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Yemen’s unresolved economic crisisYemen Voice/ FP -n In late 2011, the British government sent one of its top humanitarian advisors to Yemen after a year of protests, bloody crackdowns, and inter-elite fighting....
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Developing countries deserve a greater say in World Bank governanceShould America continue to insist on controlling the selection process, it is the World Bank itself that would suffer. Yemen Voice -Barack Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim for...
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Yemen Increases Prices for Diesel and Kerosene by 50 PercentYemen Voice – Yemen’s government is increasing the price of diesel and kerosene by 50 percent, the state-run Saba news agency reported today. Diesel and kerosene, which sold for...
Sport
Eleven members of the Florida A&M University marching band were charged with felony hazing in the November 2011 death of Robert Champion. (Photo courtesy of FAMU.) By Howard Goodman...
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Newcastle United guaranteed European footballYemen Voice- Newcastle United will be playing European football next season for the first time in five years. After Everton drew 4-4 with Manchester United at Old Trafford...
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Barcelona, Real Madrid bid to overturn semi-final deficitsYemen Voice – London: Chelsea and Bayern Munich will hope Saturday’s energy-sapping “Clasico” takes its toll on Barcelona and Real Madrid when the Spanish giants try to overturn their...
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Real Madrid’s win against Barcelona shows that there is hope for Chelsea at the Nou CampYemen Voice – Twice in four days Barcelona were hauled down from their celestial plane. They were dragged into an unfamiliar place of weariness and frustration. If it...
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Angry football fans shake Egypt’s fragile peaceLingering enmity between Egyptian soccer fans and police since the country’s deadliest stadium disaster could shatter a fragile calm on the streets as the army prepares to hand power...
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Bengal’s chances in AFC Cup football tournamentYemen Viioce/KOLKATA: East Bengal’s chances of progressing to the next round of the AFC Cup football tournament received a further jolt as they were blanked 0-2 by Iraqi outfit...
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Bronco enjoys his dual role as defensive coordinatorProvo • Midway through the 2010 college football season, after the BYU Cougars had just been clobbered 31-16 at Utah State, coach Bronco Mendenhall fired Jaime Hill and appointed...
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Football Ferns want to crush Papua New GuineaFootball Ferns coach Tony Readings is stressing the importance of wiping out Papua New Guinea in the first leg of their Oceania women’s Olympic football qualifying series in Whangarei...
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FIFA rule clubs must allow U23 players to play in London OlympicsClubs will be obliged to release Under-23 players for the Olympic football tournament in London this summer after a ruling by FIFA. A hardline statement was issued by...
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Football: Attack-minded Milan look to unlock BarcelonaYemen Voice /MILAN, Italy - AC Milan have hinted they could shun their Italian roots when Barcelona visit the San Siro in the Champions League quarter-final, first leg on...
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Bresciano concedes title to Al AinYemen Voice - Second is the new first for Al Nasr, according to injured midfielder Mark Bresciano, who conceded the Etisalat Pro League title to Al Ain from the sidelines...














