Tuesday, 07 September 2010 02:11

SANAA, 14 Dec -- President Ali Abdullah Saleh Monday directed the Shoura Council to organize “a serious and responsible dialogue on December 26 between all political and social powers and civil society organizations in Yemen,”the state official news agency, Saba reported.

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 02:11

AL-DHALA, 06 Oct – Thousands of people took to the streets in several southern regions on Tuesday calling for independence.  Nasser al-Khabji, a lawmaker from the south, estimated that at least 100,000 people were protesting in across southern Yemen, calling on the visiting secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Mousa, to “liberate the south” from the occupying north and urged him to oversee talks with the government that would allow the south to secede.   Since last August, several southern cities and towns have been the scene of constant demonstrations by disaffected southerners.  Meanwhile, the independent online news website, Marib Press said security in the port city of Aden arrested ten young protesters last night while police chased other protesters in the city.  A military source said “around 25 young men in the district of Krater in Aden tried to incite chaos and anarchy, held the flags of southern Yemen,” adding “we talked to some of them and then let them go.”  Other reports said female southern activist, Zahra Saleh was arrested along with 13 members of the southern Youth Union while they were in their way to Abyan to take part in rallies there.  Mahsen Farid, a leading activist at Yemen’s Socialist Party (YSP) was also arrested in Lahj.