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  • noun the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau

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  • SANA'A - Ibrahim al Haymi, taxi driver and self-confessed government informant, makes his way through the potholed streets of Sana'a.

    #39;s Big Feed author unknown 2010

  • SANA'A - Ibrahim al Haymi, taxi driver and self-confessed government informant, makes his way through the potholed streets of Sana'a.

    #39;s Big Feed author unknown 2010

  • SANA'A, April 8 - It has been ten days since Jan Hoogendoorn and Heleen Janszen were kidnapped just ten kilometers outside of Sana'a by five armed tribesmen.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

  • SANA'A, June 26 - (UNICEF-Yemen) As part of Yemen efforts to save children and women from harmful practices, Yemen is formulating a National Action Plan to accelerate the abandonment of FGM / C which was enriched in June 24-25, 2008 advocacy workshop that took place in Sana'a.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

  • SANA'A, Jan. 06 (Saba) - The first talks session of the Yemen-Syrian security committee started on Tuesday in Sana'a.

    Armies of Liberation 2009

  • SANA'A, Oct. 19 - In line with the Global Campaign Against Poverty (GCAP) celebration of International Day for Poverty Eradication celebrated between 17 and 19 October this year, the Yemeni Coalition for the Global Campaign Against Poverty (YCGCAP) held an awareness campaign on the television and radio, as well as organized a festival at Sabeen Park in Sana'a last Saturday.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

  • SANA'A, April 8 - Yahia Othman, a British citizen detained for almost two months in Al-Alaya Police station in Al-Qadisiya in Sana'a without charges, was transferred to the National Security Prison earlier this week.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

  • SANA'A, MARCH 11 - Head officer Harmal Al-Anqat of Al-Alaya'a Police Station of Al-Qadisia area in Sana'a has no idea why he has a 47 year-old man locked up in his custody for over 23 days now - or so he says.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

  • SANA'A, Sept. 4 - Human rights 'violations, lack of medical care and insufficient nutrition plague the Central Prison in Sana'a city, the House of Social Guidance and Dar Al-Amal for female juveniles.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

  • SANA'A, March 8 - Demonstrations took place in Sana'a on Sunday in solidarity with Sudan and in opposition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) 's arrest warrant against President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir.

    Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times 2009

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