President: Ali Abdallah Saleh

President: Ali Abdallah Saleh Ali Abdallah Saleh, Yemen's longest-serving leader in recent times, was re-elected to another seven-year term in September 2006. It was the first time Mr Saleh had faced a serious challenge since coming to power 28 years earlier. President Saleh has been in power for more than 30 years The opposition cried foul but international monitors said the vote was fair. Mr Saleh became president of the new republic created by the merger of the two Yemens in 1990. He had led the Yemen Arab Republic - the northern part of present-day Yemen - since 1978 when he came to power in a military...

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Overview

The modern Republic of Yemen was born in 1990 when traditionalist North Yemen and Marxist South Yemen merged after years of border wars and skirmishes. But the peace broke down in 1994 and a short civil war ended in defeat for separatist southerners and the survival of the unified Yemen. Since unification Yemen has been modernising and opening up to the world, but it still maintains much of its tribal character and old ways. Tensions persist between the north and the south; some southerners say the northern part of the state is economically privileged. Since the summer of 2009, hundreds have...

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Yemen country profile

The reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, Yemen has been at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia for thousands of years thanks to its position on the ancient spice routes. The Romans knew this fertile and wealthy country as Arabia Felix, in contrast to the relatively barren Arabia Deserta to the north. And today it maintains its distinct character....

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Would you vote for a ban on face-covering Muslim veils in NZ?

Today's Poll Q. Would you vote for a ban on face-covering Muslim veils in NZ? Yes Noview results without voting <img width=1 height=1 alt="" src="http://row.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=JMyfZHxsY4iQRjtPTLqa_gDrUnKqHkzH0BwABqQW&T=142biv120%2fX%3d1288163356%2fE%3d2022066883%2fR%3dnznews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dHR%2fY%3dAUNZ%2fF%3d3859282293%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d5D636C7C&U=12auladq2%2fN%3dlw8hJstU2To-%2fC%3d-1%2fD%3dHB%2fB%3d-1%2fV%3d0"&...

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Photos of Aden in Yemen

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Photos from the city of Sanaa in Yemen

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Qattbp cemetery Turks

The Directorate Qattbp on the line of contact between the two parts of the sea, n by (22) May 1990, and the scene of conflict between a statute has been called "the Yemen Arab Republic" and the elements of the "National Front" backed by a system of "Republic of Yemen People's Democratic Republic" before the unit, and still These people remember the horrors of the Director Alchtir Yemeni unity that came to save them from it.What is not known by many for Qattbp is that it is the Directorate, which grew up where the martyr President Ibrahim al-Hamdi, and later became the place that embraced the "Conference Qattbp" between him and the president...

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