Hadramaut

Trial of six suspected Somali pirates opens in Yemen

SANAA, Sep 29, 2009 (AFP) - The trial of 12 suspected Somali pirates accused of hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker opened on Tuesday with the public prosecution calling for the death penalty. The defendants are accused of forcibly...

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Egypt exempts Weather from tender offer The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) exempted Weather Capital and Weather Capital SP1 from submitting a mandatory tender offer for the sale of 50,974,601 GDRs, equivalent...

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Damoon Al-Hajrein, town of Aad and poets (Lastpage)

One of the most beautiful villages in all of Yemen, Al-Hajrein is an important archeological village located in Wadi Hadramaut in eastern Yemen. Its name was derived from the word ‘Hajran’ meaning ‘town’ in the ancient Yemeni...

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Qatar red crescent starts housing project in Yemen

Qatar Red Crescent Society began to implement the first stage of a construction project of 37 housing units in 10 Yemeni villages at "Terim and Sah" in Wadi Hadramaut, which were totally damaged by rains and floods that swept...

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Four Yemeni troops killed as gunmen attack checkpoint

SANAA: Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and another wounded when armed men attacked a checkpoint in the restive south Tuesday, a security official said. Yemen's government urged Parliament on Monday to pass tougher security and...

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German freighter freed for ransom

Pirate attacks have resumed after a brief lull caused by bad weather Somali pirates have released a German-owned cargo ship held for nearly three months and its crew of 11 Romanians. The pirates said a ransom of $1.8m (£1.1m)...

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Death sentences over Yemen killings

14/7/09 A Yemeni court in the capital Sanaa has sentenced six men to death for murdering nine Spanish and Belgian tourists over the past two years. The men were found guilty of attacks including one that killed seven Spanish...

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Yemenis sentenced to death for spate of attacks

A Yemeni court sentenced six suspected al-Qaeda men suspected to death Monday for attacks that killed nine Spanish and Belgian tourists over the past two years. Ten other defendants were sentenced to jail terms ranging from...

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LDS Caucus: Mughsayl: Another Candidate for Land Bountiful

Mughsayl: Another Candidate for Land BountifulFor the past ten years I have been associated in some capacity with the search for Lehi's trail from Jerusalem to Land Bountiful, where Nephi was commanded to build a ship and sail...

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German-owned Cargo Ship MV PATRIOT has been Released

The German-owned cargo ship MV PATRIOT with 17 mostly Ukrainian crew members including a Polish captain.has been released, Germany's Foreign Ministry finally confirmed only Tuesday. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in Berlin...

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