Yemen youth leader faces another fight after coming out as gay
Source: Toronto Star
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-19 15:49:43 -0700 | political-news
Young, educated, handsome and articulate, he was a favourite among English-language media as he helped smash the stereotype that Yemen was nothing more than Al Qaeda country. On Twitter , he describes himself as an awesome youth activist. Jarban is...
AP boss blasts Justice over records grab, says move gives cover to dictatorships
Source: Fox
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-19 15:32:30 -0700 | political-news
The head of The Associated Press blasted the Justice Department on Wednesday over its seizure of journalists' phone records, saying the move effectively could give dictatorships cover to harass their own media. AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt told a...
Guantanamo Prisoner's Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
Source: Truthdig
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-19 11:06:59 -0700 | political-news
Jun 19, 2013 The issue of terrorism has been front and center in the national discourse since 9/11. Guantanamo has become a symbol of US hypocrisy on human rights. Lawyers handling the criminal case of Guantanamo prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri argued several...
Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen's capital
Source: The Boston Globe
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-15 16:24:10 -0700 | political-news
Yemen (AP) Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa. The officials say police received a phone call that prompted them check on the couple in their apartment. They broke down...
Yemen struggles to keep the lights on amid frequent power line sabotage
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-14 09:58:31 -0700 | political-news
ments Yemen struggles to keep the lights on amid frequent power line sabotage Local tribesmen who feel ignored by Yemen's central government frequently attack power lines, plunging the country into darkness and undermining public trust in their leaders. By Adam...
I Have Decided I'm Okay With The Government Collecting My Phone Records*
Source: BusinessInsider
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-14 05:11:53 -0700 | business-news
After much consideration, I think I'm fine with the U.S. government collecting my phone records (subject to certain conditions, as spelled out below)...If you make some great points about why I shouldn't be fine with this, I might reconsider. But,...
Charles Krauthammer: Obama is pushing the envelope, NSA style
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 17:24:25 -0700 | your-story
Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope -- the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security Agency's recording of U.S. phone data does basically that...
Advanced Alien Civilization Discovers Uninhabitable Planet
Source: The Onion
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 10:50:13 -0700 | green-news
Terxus II star system announced Thursday that a recently discovered planet remarkably like their own is in fact completely hostile to life. According to scientists from the advanced alien civilization, despite possessing liquid water and a position just the right...
Yemen soldier dies fighting pipeline saboteurs: official
Source: The Daily Star
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 14:51:56 -0700 | political-news
Yemeni Zaidis shout slogans during a protest outside the headquarters of Yemen's national security service in Sanaa, on June 10, 2013. A Yemeni soldier was killed in clashes Thursday with tribesmen who attacked an oil pipeline and halted the flow...
Yemen: Crackdown on Protest Leaves 9 Dead
Posted by: chnarendra
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-13 00:06:59 -0700 | disasters-news
Yemeni authorities used lethal force against an apparently peaceful demonstration in Sanaa on June 9, 2013, that caused at least nine deaths and several dozen injuries. The government should ensure that its promised investigation into the incident is carried out...
Yemen government says attacks behind power outage
Source: The Boston Globe
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-11 11:32:24 -0700 | travel-news
Yemen (AP) Yemen's government says attacks on power lines are behind a widespread outage that has left several provinces and the country's capital without electricity. Yemen is the Arab world's most impoverished nation and experiences frequent electricity cuts throughout the...
Review: Akai MPC Studio
Source: XLR8R
Mīdī :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-10 11:19:54 -0700 | technology-news
How It Looks Despite being just an inch thick, the Studio feels sturdy. Its brushed aluminum and plastic case feels like it can withstand plenty of finger drumming on the pads which, importantly, feel every bit as good as you'd...
U.S. drone liquidated five terrorists in Yemen
Posted by: Usman Munir
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-11 11:32:27 -0700 | disasters-news
Five suspected terrorists were killed in Yemen as a result of U.S. drone strike, according to ITAR-TASS. Blow was struck near the border with Saudi Arabia. According to preliminary data, all the dead - the members of the terrorist group...
US drone strike killed five Al-Qaeda members in Yemen
Posted by: atifji75
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-11 12:07:23 -0700 | humanitarian-news
SANAA: US drone strike killed five Al-Qaeda members in Yemen. According to the news US drone targeted Al-Qaeda members in north Yemen ad Al-Qaida members killed in the strike. According to the sources drone targeted a vehicle in the Khab...
Several injured in Sanaa shooting
Source: Al Jazeera
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2013-06-09 11:10:42 -0700 | travel-news
01 At least eight people have been wounded by heavy gunfire next to the National Security Agency building in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. The fighting broke out between protesters and security forces on Sunday, Al Jazeera's Mohamed Adow reported.
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