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THURSDAY - AUGUST 22, 2013
VOL. XVI - ISSUE 65
RIVALRY BETWEEN GOV. & HIRAK FOR SELF-DETERMINATION GOV. APOLOGIZES FOR SOUTH HIRAK INSISTS ON SOUTH STATE AND SA’ADAH RESTORATION Reconciliation Government (RG) has agreed to announce an official apology for the people of the southern provinces and Sa›adah as well as Harf Sufyan of Amran province and other areas affected by past political conflicts, State-run News Agency Saba reported on Tuesday. BY MOHAMMED KALFOOD
This came on behalf of the former authorities and all political forces that helped waged the 1994 war against the South and Sa›adah six-round wars, as well as part of the 31 points put forth on the NDC table.
How to apologize to the south and Sa›adah was heatedly debated by the NDC Technical Committee to prepare for the dialogue since last year,
while many had believed that the lack of adequate funding for the implementation of the 31 points is causing the delay of announcing such an official apology.
Southern issue taskforce in Yemen National Dialogue Conference (NDC) stipulated admission of self-determination and southern state restoration to resume their participation in the NDC.
In an official televised statement, the RG considered the past civil wars as a ‹historic mistake› that must not be repeated.
BY ISCANDER AL-MAMARI
Southern issue member Nasser al-Taweel told the Yemen Observer that the southern issue taskforce suspended working in NDC “we will only resume participation once the other side accepts selfdetermination and southern state restoration”
«On the occasion of this apology, the RG is convinced that the NDC outputs will represent the most important guarantees of no return to the past violations,» said the statement. «This will be achieved through a new constitution that will ensure the provisions of equal citizenship, protection of human rights, the distribution of power and wealth as well as determine the
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Taweel, who is also member of the Hirak (the peaceful Southern Movement), stated that the other side – northerners – want to carry out what they plan for “without taking care of WHILE YEMEN’S GOVERNMENT IS DISCUSSING THE OFFICIAL APOLOGY DRAFT, HIRAK NDC DELEGATES INSIST ON SELF-DETERMINATION.
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Violent armed clashes have been taking place since early Monday between Huothi militants and tribesmen from Osaimat district in Amran province, northwest the capital Sana’a, a security source told the Yemen Observer, indicating that the surrounding villages were exposed to heavy shelling as of this writing. The source said in a telephone
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U.S. EMBASSY REOPENS BY OBSERVER STAFF
The U.S. Department of State says that the U.S. Embassy in Yemen - one of 19 embassies and consulates closed earlier this month because of a terrorist threat - has reopened to provide limited public services, according to AP.
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Despite the tribal mediation that took place on Wednesday morning, clashes are still ongoing.
Local sources mentioned that the
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BY ABDUL-AZIZ OUDAH
Armed clashes erupted Tuesday on the Yemeni-Saudi borders between Yemeni Border Guards and unidentified tribal gunmen believed to be Saudis, according to local media sources.
In contrast, the secretary-general of the National Dialogue Conference, Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak, announced that Southern parties would return to participate in the national dialogue in the near future. On another development, five southern entities participating in the NDC signed a document that includes addressing the southern issue under Unity roof based on federal state, “the state should include a number of regions,” Last week, NDC Vice
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A local tribal source Mohammed al-Iraqi, however, told the Yemen Observer, that “the tribal gunmen are Yemeni looters from
al-Jawf province.”
“They attacked a Yemeni Border Guards pick-up truck, took over it and looted the guards’ weapons,” al-Iraqi said. “Some Yemeni guards were only wounded,” he added.
Local authorities in the province
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SENIOR SECURITY OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED SOUTH YEMEN BY ISCANDER AL-MAMARI
Yemen security authorities in the southern Aden province stated that a senior security official in intelligence was shot dead along with his nephew, state-run news agency said Wednesday.
Ali Hadi was roaming in Mualla of Aden in his car as assailants opened fire on the car, killing Hadi and his nephew. In this regard, Special Security
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ARMED CLASHES ON YEMENI-SAUDI BORDERS
interview that the clashes started when Houthis tried to develop a checkpoint at the entrance of Khamis local market in the area.
Most American employees at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen were ordered to leave the country because of the threat, which emanated from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Jennifer Psaki, State Department spokeswoman, stated in an e-mail –according to local media - that the US embassy in Sana’a, which
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