Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Yemen Presidential Elections

  • Yemens presidential elections will be held as scheduled toward the end of February, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, countering his own observation a day earlier.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • Sanaa - Presidential elections set for next month in Yemen will take place on time, the head of the parliamentary bloc representing President Ali Abdullah Salehs party said on Wednesday.
  • (Beeld)
  • Yemeni officials on Tuesday dismissed rumors that next month's presidential elections in Yemen would be delayed, after the foreign minister said this week that the unrest is making the election date "too difficult.
  • (Antiwar.com)
  • Immunity is critical to uprooting Saleh's vast network and implementing the GCC's terms before February 21st's presidential election.
  • (Palestine Chronicle)
  • The Coordination Group for support of the early presidential elections scheduled on February 21 has resumed its first duties of the preparations undertaken by the Supreme Elections and Referendum Commission (SERC).
  • (Yemen Observer)
  • DUBAI - Yemens foreign minister said it might be difficult to hold elections as scheduled on February 21 because of insecurity in the impoverished country.
  • (Jerusalem Post)
  • His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister reach an agreement on conducting parliamentary elections next month.
  • (Gulf News)
  • The Syrian state news agency blamed the attack on terrorists. YEMEN: Presidential elections could be delayed.
  • (Denver Post)
  • (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President in Yemen, following the success of the GCC-brokered initiative which led to an amicable agreement among all parties to hold parliamentary elections next month.
  • (MENAFN)
  • Saudi women didn't overturn the ban, or gain the right to vote in this year's municipal elections, though King Abdullah said they can participate in 2015. Nobel Peace Prize Yemen's Tawakkul to step down as president.
  • (Businessweek)

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