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söndag, februari 27, 2011

In Yemen, tribal leader abandons president

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SANAA, Yemen, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A leader of Yemen's powerful Hashid tribe withdrew his support Saturday from President Ali Abdullah Saleh, blasting the government for killing protesters.
Sheik Hussein al-Almar addressed a big crowd, The New York Times reported, citing local press reports. He announced he is resigning from the ruling party and called for an end to Saleh's 30-year rule.
UPI.COM

President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemen (i /ˈjɛmən/, Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya al-Yamaniyya), is a country located in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia.
It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east. To the south lie the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which are bordered by Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea.

Yemen has a land area of 555,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 24 million (2010). Its capital and largest city is Sana'a.
Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 km to the south of mainland Yemen, off the coast of Somalia.
It is the only state in the Arabian Peninsula to have a republican form of government. /Wikipedia




Religion in Yemen:The Constitution of Yemen states that Islam is the official state religion of the country, but it also guarantees freedom of religion.
The majority by far of Yemenis are Muslim, with some 42-45% Zaydi Shias, and about 52-55% Shafi Sunnis. A tiny minority, some 3,000 people, are Ismaili Muslims.
Yemen is also home to an indigenous population of Jews, now numbering only about 500. In the mid-20th century, thousands of Yemenite Jews moved to the new state of Israel.
A handful each of Christians and Hindus also live in Yemen, although most are foreign expatriots or refugees.
From (rekommended): http://asianhistory.about.com/od/yemen/p/ProfYemen.htm

Right: The island Socotra ( 4 islands - parts of Yemen) is very isolated and through the process ofspeciation a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on Earth.

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