Ali Abdullah Saleh
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For detainees returned to Yemen, roadblocks and frustration
In this article: Detainee, Al-Qaeda, Yemen, Guantanamo, United States, USS Cole, Taliban, and Barack Obama |
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BBC News | 5 days ago
Five killed at south Yemen rally
...rally in April marking the 1994 civil war, in which an attempt by the south to secede was quashed by the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had led the north to unification with the south. People in the south, home to most of...
In this article: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Associated Press
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Reuters | 5 days ago
SCENARIOS: How might Yemen's toxic mix of conflict develop?
...of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies, Qatar. OTHER PROBLEMS - THE SOUTH President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who took power in the former North Yemen in 1978 and has been president since a merger with the...
In this article: Yemen, Al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, and Foreign Policy magazine
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Guardian Unlimited | 6 days ago
Middle East's forgotten war
...has killed several thousand people, uprooted 175,000 and directly challenged the ability of Yemen's three-decade president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to maintain his rule over this wild and rugged land. Despite relentless air bombardment of the...
In this article: Yemen, Middle East, Al-qaida, and UN
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 21, 2009
Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen
...him liberated in three days," the sheikh said. The kidnappers were distrustful because a previous promise by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to release a detainee was not fulfilled, sources close to them said. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio...
In this article: Al-Qaeda, Yemen, Yukio Hatoyama, US, Detainee, and Osama bin Laden
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 17, 2009
Yemen's curved dagger sheathed by time
...in a republican coup in 1962. The third most prized jambia in the Arabian peninsula state belongs to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to the newspaper, but its origins and value have not been disclosed. The jambia, worn on an...
In this article: Yemen, Endangered species, and China
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NPR | November 16, 2009
Fighting In Yemen Escalates As Saudis Enter Fray
...malfunctions and crashed. Yemeni officials have claimed the battle was nearly won, only to be followed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh saying that the war "has just begun." One thing is clear: The conflict has left tens of thousands...
In this article: Yemen, Al-qaida, Iran, God, U.S. State Department, Hezbollah, and Saudi Arabia
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New York Post | November 11, 2009
Tehran's tricks for squeezing saudis
...should regard the Islamic Republic as the leader of jihad against the US-led "infidel." At first, Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh (a general who has ruled the country for 30 years), dismissed the rebellion as a "minor headache" and...
In this article: Yemen, Iran, Tehran, Jihad, Hezbollah, Middle East, and Lebanon
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TIME | November 11, 2009
Yemen-Saudi Arabia Rebel Conflict May Draw in Iran
...09, 2009 Soldiers in northern Yemen take positions in a fight against Shi'ite rebels in the fall of 2009 Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, flew into the Gulf of Aden on Nov. 7 to celebrate the first exports of liquefied natural gas...
In this article: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Liquefied natural gas, Eurasia Group, Al-Qaeda, Arabian Peninsula, and Suicide
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FT.com - World | November 10, 2009
Yemen gas investors set sail in choppy water
By Carola Hoyos at Balhaf, Yemen Published: November 10 2009 20:08 | Last updated: November 10 2009 20:08 When Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's long-standing president, pushed the button to signal the departure of the country's first tanker...
In this article: Yemen, Total, Liquefied natural gas, Hyundai, Natural gas, and Hunt Petroleum
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Reuters | November 05, 2009
FACTBOX: Roots of Yemen's conflict with northern rebels
...Hussein was elected to parliament in 1993. Saada remained neglected economically by the Sanaa government. * President Ali Abdullah Saleh, himself a Zaydi, at first used the Houthis to counter-balance the Salafi groups. The government...
In this article: Yemen, Sa'dah, Islam, U.S., Hezbollah, and Al Qaeda
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Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبد الله صالح), born March 21, 1942, is the current President of Yemen. He was President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 to 1990 and became president of the newly united Republic of Yemen in 1990.
Saleh was Yemen's first directly elected president in 1999, winning 91.2% of the vote. The only other candidate, Najib Qahtan al-Shaabi, is the son of a former President of South Yemen and a member of Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) party. However, Qahtan ran as an independent.
After the 1999 elections the Parliament passed a law extending presidential terms from five to seven years, parliamentary terms from four to six years, and creating a 111-member, presidentially appointed council of advisors with legislative power. This move prompted the non-profit organization Freedom House to downgrade their rating of political freedom in Yemen from 5 to 6.
In the 2006 presidential election, held on September 20, Saleh won with 77.2% of the vote. His main rival, Faisal bin Shamlan, received 21.8%. Saleh was sworn in for another term on September 27.
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