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HADRAMOUT, Nov. 19 (Saba) - The First Instance Court in Mukalla City of Hadramout province passed Saturday sentences of 10 years in jail for 10 Somalis.
The Somalis were convicted of crimes of sea piracy and hijacking vessels in the regional and international waters.
The court acquitted another Somali for lack of evidence
Sana'a, November 20, 2011
The Yemeni Parliament resumed its activities Saturday as it opened its first session of its 5th period of its 8th annual meeting, chaired by its President, Yehia Ali al-Ra' ai, a staunched supporter of President Saleh and a fervent detractor of the Opposition.
The session opened up on a minute of silence in remembrance of late Abdal-Aziz Abdul Ghani, the former President of the Shurah Council who passed away after succumbing to its injuries following a bomb attack on President Saleh's compound in early June.
In a speech rendered by al-Ra'ai, reference was made to the negative repercussions the uprising has had upon the country's economy, finances, industries and security, putting the blame largely onto the Opposition as they are still being portrayed by the regime as the source of all evils in Yemen.
"We, as parliamentarians, have to stand with the people against the conspiracy and political jockeying, and to work to pull the country out of this crunching crisis." Al-Ra'ai added.
The Join Meeting Parties (JMP) has decried the move, arguing that the Parliament had no legal ground to congregate given that it was explicitly against the Constitution and that is was a "flagrant violation of the Interior Regulations of the Parliament".
Jurists now doubt the constitutionality of the Parliament's meetings as the Parliament was dissolved back in April 16th.
President Saleh immediately retaliated by invoking article 65 of the Constitution.
Article 65 of the Yemeni Constitution provides that "The Parliament's Duration which is six calendar years, starts from the date its first meeting, and that the President of the Republic invites the voters to elect a new board before the expiration of its term in at least sixty days, if this is not possible for compelling circumstances, the Parliament will continue to perform its constitutional authority until the circumstances are passed and the new council is elected."
BY National Yemen
Sana'a, November 20, 2011
President Saleh dismissed multiple commanders from the military as a result of their support for the Youth Revolution. The dismissed commanders were from a wide range of institutions within the military including the Central Reform Base, National College for Defense, as well as the 15th, 25th, 111th, 133rd and 135th Ground Force Divisions. Opposition members have decried the dismissals as a move to prepare for civil war. A source told National Yemen that Saleh’s actions are sending a clear message that the country is not far from a civil war, particularly after the failure of the Gulf Initiative. The dismissals come as another advantage, National Yemen source said that military loyal to Saleh is moving and storing military weapons across multiple governorates. The source added that more than three trucks transferred weapons from Hodeidah Port to Al-Dailami Air Force Base near Sana’a airport.
Sana'a, November 19, 2011- Military forces loyal to Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh have killed two civilians and injured several others in the southern city of Taizz, medics and witnesses say.
Medical sources said on Saturday that the casualties came after pro-Saleh forces attacked the office of an opposition party in the al-Hasab neighborhood of Taizz overnight.
"Two members from the opposition Islamic Islah (reform) Party were killed and several others injured, one of them was in critical condition, when a mortar shell hit the headquarters of the Islah Party," Xinhua quoted Sadiq al-Shuga'a, head of a field hospital set up by protesters in Taizz, as saying.
Witnesses also reported clashes between the rival forces late Friday in the al-Hasab neighborhood.
Taiz, about 200 kilometers south of the capital Sana'a, has been a focal point of anti-Saleh protests, and regime forces have attacked the city a number of times in the recent months.
Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out for regular demonstrations in Yemen's major cities since January, calling for an end to corruption and unemployment and demanding the ouster of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who took office in 1978.
Since the revolution began in Yemen, hundreds of pro-democracy protesters have been killed and thousands more wounded by forces loyal to Saudi and US-backed Saleh.
Sana'a, November 19, 2011- A group of Yemeni armed tribesmen has blown up an oil pipeline in the impoverished Arab country's eastern province of Marib, a local Yemeni official says.
The incident took place in the Sirwah area on Friday, Xinhua news agency quoted the official as whose name has not been announced.
The motivation behind the pipeline explosion is not clear. The security authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
The pipeline has been targeted a number of times in the recent months.
Besides tribal problems, Yemen has also been in the grip of political unrest.
Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out for regular demonstrations in Yemen's major cities since January, calling for an end to corruption and unemployment and demanding the ouster of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who took office in 1978.
Chiara Onassis | 19 November 2011
SANA’A: According to government sources, the GCC proposal and its implementation mechanisms could be signed as early as next week, both in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, and in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital.
Vice-President Abdu Rabbo Mansoor Hadi is said to have been charged with the task of inking the agreement on behalf of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The news was however, received with caution from the opposition, as Saleh has already backed out on his promises no less than four times in a row, despite fervent promises that he was committed to solving the political deadlock and ease Yemen onto the road of recovery and national reconciliation.
Interestingly, nothing was said on the part of the regime on the “sticky points” which so far prevented Saleh from agreeing to the power-transfer, such as the restructuration of the military, the official handing over of the president’s official resignation from office and the matter of the early presidential elections.
UN special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar is ending his visit in the country after a marathon negotiation round with the regime and the opposition as he is due to hand over his report on the situation on a few days back at the UN Security Council.
The regime is still accusing the opposition of stalling the signature process as some of its leaders are still out of the country, looking for yet more international support in the Arabic Peninsula.
As for Tawakkul Karman, the champion of the Youth Movement, she continues her lobbying of the immunity clause at the United Nations, urging nations to consider the negative effects such an agreement could have on International Laws as it would equate to condoning mass murder and crimes against humanity, negating the very foundations upon which the UN were built upon and swore to protect.
