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Yemen's women: out from the shadows | Nadya Khalife

Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Nadya Khalife - May. 07 (Opinion) - Despite great risks to them in a sexist society, thousands of women have stood up to demonstrate against President Saleh "Security forces in civilian clothes have threatened me with the jambiyya , not just during demonstrations, but everywhere I go," the protest leader and journalist Tawakkol Karman told me, describing the traditional dagger that Yemeni men wear strapped to their waists. In the past, any mention of Yemen's women in the news media has usually been about two issues, neither of them positive. The first is that they are more likely than most women in the Middle East to die in childbirth, and the second that they are among the least empowered women in the world. The second assumption has recently been shattered by the uprisings in Yemen. Since the beginning of the protests, women like Karman have come out in great numbers to demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled in Yemen for more than 30 years. They have stood side by side with tens of thousands of ...

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Middle East round-up: Yemen president warns country on brink of civil war - Telegraph.co.uk

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:44:57 -0700

Daily Telegraph - Mar. 22 - The GuardianMiddle East round-up: Yemen president warns country on brink of civil warTelegraph.co.ukYemen's increasingly isolated president warned that his country stood on the brink of civil war as he made his biggest concession yet by promising step down at the end of the year. By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent 8:33PM GMT 22 Mar 2011 ...GLOBAL MARKETS-Crude jumps on Yemen unrest, volatility downReutersFailing YemenFinancial TimesSaleh offer to go early fails to end Yemen crisisSydney Morning HeraldWall Street Journal -The Guardian -Modesto Beeall 2,646 news articles »

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Arab world divided on Libya no-fly zone

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Mar. 21 - The Arab world is largely supportive of Libya's rebels and a no-fly zone to protect them, but is unsure how it feels about Western intervention on their ...

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Civil unrest boils up in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria | World | Deutsche Welle | 20.03.2011

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:31:46 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Mar. 20 - CTV.caCivil unrest boils up in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, SyriaDeutsche WelleLarge protests calling for changes in government and political reform are gaining steam in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Syria. So far only leaders in Syria have made any concessions to the increasing popular pressure. Despite a large and heavily armed ...In spite of reform promises and repression, Mid East and north Africans take ...MercoPressAnalysis: Handouts dash Saudi king's "reformer" reputationReutersSaudi Shares Rally Most in 2 Weeks as King Boosts SpendingBusinessWeekJerusalem Post -New York Timesall 744 news articles »

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Yemen's human rights minister resigns after protest deaths - CNN

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:47:28 -0700

CNN - Mar. 20 - CTV.caYemen's human rights minister resigns after protest deathsCNN(CNN) -- Yemen's minister of human rights, Huda al-Baan, has resigned after a government crackdown on protesters resulted in the deaths of 52 people last week, an official in her office said Sunday. The official did not want to be identified as he or ...Yemen army urged to ignore orders, minister quitsAFPMiddle East: Key developments in political tensionSan Francisco ChronicleRallies In Yemen As Mid-East Protests PersistSky NewsTelegraph.co.uk -Voice of America -Sifyall 2,438 news articles »

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New Wave of Protests Hit Arab Nations

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:15:00 -0800

NewsHour - Feb. 16 - By: Francine Uenuma A fresh spate of protests taking place in Arab countries is raising questions about whether other North African and Middle Eastern governments may see upheaval mirroring those in Tunisia and Egypt. In Libya, hundreds of anti-governmen

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Why fear the Arab revolutionary spirit?

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Slavoj Žižek - Feb. 01 (Opinion) - The western liberal reaction to the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia frequently shows hypocrisy and cynicism.

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The Price of Assassination

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Robert Wright - Apr. 14 (Opinion) - I wouldn’t have believed you if you’d told me 20 years ago that America would someday be routinely firing missiles into countries it’s not at war with. For that matter, I wouldn’t have believed you if you’d told me a few months ago that America would soon be plotting the assassination of an American citizen who lives abroad.

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Saudis 'Hold Dozens of Militants'

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:36:07 -0700

BBC News - Mar. 24 - France24Saudi Arabia detains dozens of 'al-Qaeda militants'BBC NewsThe groups had links to an al-Qaeda affiliate based in neighbouring Yemen, spokesman Mansour al-Turki said. Analysts say the group, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian ...Saudi arrests over 'terror plot'Aljazeera.net'Al-Qaida militants' arrested in Saudi ArabiaThe Guardian101-Strong Saudi Al Qaeda Cell Reportedly DismantledFOXNewsThe Associated Press?-Reuters Canada?-Daily Beastall 317 news articles??

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Divorced Before Puberty - New York Times

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nicholas Kristof - Mar. 03 (Opinion) - Divorced Before PubertyNew York TimesAt her school in Yemen, Nujood received a visit from her publisher, Michel Lafon. Nujood is a Yemeni girl, and it's no coincidence that Yemen abounds both ...A Bit More on NujoodNew York Times (blog)all 2 news articles??

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In Yemen’s South, Growing Protest Movement Could Cause More Instability

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:06:42 -0800

New York Times - Feb. 27 - ADEN, Yemen — Less than an hour’s drive outside this dilapidated port town, the Yemeni government’s authority is scarcely visible, and a different flag appears, that of the old independent state of South Yemen. The flags are one sign of a rapidly

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Yemeni scholar backs 'jet bomber'

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Feb. 07 (Interview) - Sheikh Anwar al-Aulaqi , a Yemeni religious scholar, has told Al Jazeera that the suspect accused of attempting to blow up a US passenger jet on Christmas Day, was one of his students.

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Read between bin Laden’s lies

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Boston Globe - Jan. 29 (Editorial) - NOBODY IN his right mind would expect any truth-telling from Osama bin Laden’s latest audiotape, a one-minute burst of bravado broadcast on Al Jazeera TV. Still, it is important to spot the particular deceptions bin Laden is peddling, because they reveal how badly Al Qaeda has alienated Muslim audiences around the world.

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Yemen, the joke is on you ...

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Marwan Bishara - Jan. 06 (Opinion) - Marginalised by regional developments and intimidated by Washington's Cold War and Gulf War victories, two Yemenis - so goes the joke - wondered if their country should declare war on the US, force it to occupy Yemen and care for it. "But what if we won?" wondered one. "We would have to care for America!" As the US and Britain prepare for covert war on Yemen, and following on their failures in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan, Yemenis might wonder if the joke is becoming a reality. Over the last few days, London has called for an international conference on Yemen (after it called for another on Afghanistan) under US-British auspices to see how best to support the government of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, against al-Qaeda.

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Al Qaeda in Yemen

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Dawn - Jan. 05 (Editorial) - Yemen, it appears, is the new Fata, an Al Qaeda base where wicked plans to destroy western civilisation and overthrow governments are being hatched. Or at least that is the gist of some of the more hyperbolic commentary since the Christmas Day attempted plane bombing in the US was linked to an Al Qaeda offshoot in Yemen. Does Yemen have an Al Qaeda presence? It certainly appears so. Air strikes on Dec 17 and Dec 24, allegedly carried out by the US, targeted suspected Al Qaeda militants there.

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In 2010, a world of turmoil

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By David Ignatius - Dec. 30 (Opinion) - You never cross the same river twice, as the saying goes. History is always moving and changing. But the problems the United States faced in 2009 in the Muslim world were deep and intractable, and less amenable to solutions than the Obama administration might have hoped. We can remind ourselves that Islam's adaptation to the modern world (which is at the root of much of this violence) has been far less bloody than was Europe's in the 19th and 20th centuries. But that's little comfort in the airport security line.

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Yemen: the international jihadi's destination of choice

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Simon Tisdall - Dec. 28 (Opinion) - The claim by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab that he was trained, armed and tasked with blowing up an American airliner over US soil by al-Qaida operatives based in Yemen is the western intelligence community's worst nightmare come true. Since the September 11 attacks, the US and allied security services hunting Osama bin Laden and his associates have focused their attention on the mountains of eastern Afghanistan and the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan.

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The tragedy of the Yemeni Jews

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Lyn Julius - Jun. 08 (Opinion) - The last Jews of Yemen are leaving. They are packing their bags and moving to Israel or the US. A community dating back to Biblical times is on the brink of extinction.

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