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MILITARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SECURITY IMBALANCES IN THE COUNTRYFUNERAL OF AHMED ABDUL RAZZAQ

The Military Committee, headed by the Defense Minister, approved in its weekly meeting Sunday se-curity tasks and procedures on its agenda to prevent any security im-

balances that may harm the higher interests of the nation.In the pres-ence of Sana’a Capital Secretary Abdelkader Ali Hilal, Mareb Gover-nor Sultan al-Arada, Mreb Secu-

rity Director, the 3rd Military Region Commander, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Saif al-Muharrami, the Committee

ONLY 50 FORCIBLY HIDDEN CASES RECEIVED BY ABDUL-AZIZ OUDAH

Member of Parliament,(MP) head of the National Committee for Community Development, Shawqi al-Qadhi, revealed that the spe-cial committee for investigation of the forcibly hidden, received only fifty cases since its formation in No-vember 26, 2012, attributing this to non-interaction of the community and media to this issue.

This came in a lecture which he gave before the team of National Reconciliation, the Transitional Jus-tice and the issues of national per-spective at the National Dialogue

BY MOHAMMED KALFOOD

Director of Hadramout Military In-telligence was assassinated early Saturday by unknown elements in one of a series of similar operations in south east Yemen.

“Brigadier Ahmed Abdul Razzaq was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Fowah area of Mukallah city,” security sources told Hadramout al-Ghad local news sites.

The gunmen were onboard a mo-torcycle, fired at the Brigadier and

killed him on the spot, according to the sources.

The assassination came as a continuation of the ‘liquidation’

BY FARES ANAM

The Ministerial committee chaired by the Expatriates Minister, Mo-jahed al-Qohali, assigned by the cabinet to study the addressing of the Yemeni expatriates’ situation in the KSA, approved the submis-sion of a report to the cabinet, in-cluding the government’s vision for adopting special arrangements for correcting the Yemeni expatriates positions in KSA by communica-tion and coordination with the con-cerned Saudi authorities.

The meeting emphasized the need for promotion of brotherly relations of the two people, es-pecially considering that Yemen is undergoing difficult situations which needs the support of its brothers and friends to overcome

its crisis which is about to devas-tate the country.

The Expatriates Minister ensured at the meeting, the need for joining ef-

forts to provide better services to the Yemeni expatriates and to promote the brotherly and friendly links with the countries of immigration.

SABOTEURS CHALLENGE MILITARY COMMITTEE

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR SHOT DEAD

YEMEN TO CORRECT EXPATS’ POSITION IN KSA

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BLACK FLAGS WAVE IN MEMORY OF WAR

BY FARES ANAM

Floods, accompanied by dense snow, prevented car from crossing and the citizens in cars from return-ing or leaving Sana’a in Naqil Yas-leh, on the outskirts of Sana’a, on Saturday afternoon.

The trapped citizens, who were trapped by rocks pushed out by the floods onto the road, appealed to the Government and the Minis-try of Public Works and Highways for quick removal of those rocks so that they can continue their transit.

In a related news, Al-Sayelah, which flows through the center of the capital Sana›a and is the main carrier of annual flood waters , witnessed a huge floods due to the heavy rain fall in the capital

and in another cities.Al-Sayelah causes - in times of

heavy rains - the death of dozens of people and washes away hun-dreds of cars annually. Pedestri-ans and drivers are suddenly sur-prised by the floods which yield no warning.

This year, lots of Yemenis have experienced flooding from within their cars, even though the sum-mer season of heavy rains is still in its infancy.

Citizens complain about the ab-sence of government civil defense as they are not presence during floods to rescue the people in al-Sayelah.

The citizens appealed to the government to quickly develop solutions and security measures

and proactive alerts to warn citi-zens of floods and the closure of

all ports of al-Sayelah at times of rain.

FLOODS SWEEP SANA’A

BY OBSERVER STAFF

The fifth conference of the Children’s Parliament (CP) started early Saturday at the House of representatives under the slogan: (The Involvement of Children in Dialogue Con-ference between Reality and Rights).

At the meeting, the CP ques-tioned the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Save the Children and the NDC General Secretariat, the Rights and Freedoms Committee, the State-building and Transitional justice Committee, the Civil So-ciety Commission.

The conference also dis-cussed the reasons for not in-volving the children in the Na-tional Dialogue Conference and what the dialogue will offer to the Children given the fact that children in Yemen are repre-senting half of the population.

BY FARES ANAM

Thousands of supporters of the Southern Movement in the city of Aden, on Saturday, commemorat-ed the ninth anniversary of the civil war, which ended with the control of pro-unity forces on the southern areas after two months of fighting with the forces that led a failed se-cession attempt.

Hirak supporters, who gath-ered in the al-Aroud courtyard in Khormaksar area, lifted the former Southern state flags and pictures of the Southern Movement activ-ists who were killed by govern-ment forces since the start of the movement in 2007 and wore black ribbons.

This gathering is the fifth rally organized by factions of the south-ern movement in the city of Aden in an attempt to prove that the southerners are standing behind them in demanding the restoration

of the southern state. The media close to the south-

ern movement reported that civil disobedience was witnessed in southern cities including Hadra-mout, but charges are directed to the Hirak for imposing civil disobe-dience by force.

Supporters of the southern movement came out in the areas of Bayhan, , Asilan and al-Aeen in the province of Shabwah in a long march and ended in Shuqayr area that was a border outlet between the two divided countries before reunification in 1990.

The southern demonstrators raised the southern state flags and black flags as a metaphor for the sad impression of the southerners on the day which marks the anni-versary of the start of the civil war.

The pro-movement factions demanded the restoration of the southern state that is a part of

the coalition «the forces of libera-tion and independence», and they demanding the international com-

munity not to ignore the struggle of the people of the south and their choice, as expressed in their

peaceful struggle and their insis-tence on libration independence and restore their state.

BY FARES ANAM

37 people died in various ac-cidents during the first quarter of this year, in the province of Sana’a, according to latest of-ficial statistics published by the Ministry of Interior.

93 car accident resulted in the death of 37 people, among them nine juveniles and four females, while the rest were adult males.

The accidents caused the in-juries of 152 people and 97 of them were seriously injured.

Traffic statistics indicated that the recorded incidents during the same period in the gover-norate were distributed as the following incidents: 28 accidents involving pedestrians, 26 crash incidents, 19 motorcycles crash incidents, and 17 vehicles turn over incidents, in addition to other incidents.

Statistics estimated that mate-rial losses caused by accidents reached 49 million and 51 thou-sand riyals.

The published report attrib-uted the causes of traffic ac-cidents, in the governorate of Sana›a during the first quarter of this year, to the neglect of the drivers who caused the occur-rence of 36 incidents, and to the speed that was behind the oc-currence of 33 incidents, while the cause was the negligence of pedestrians in the occurrence of 19 incidents , and technical malfunctions were behind the occurrence of 5 accidents.

THE “REAPER” ON YEMENI ROADS

CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT QUESTIONS NDC GENERAL SECRETARIAT

NDC MEMBERS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST TARGETED KILLINGS IN YEMEN

A number of NDC members demonstrated in the conference area lobby of the Movenpick Hotel on Sunday condemning the target of the demonstrating members and continued vio-lence, insecurity, and targeted killings in Yemen.

The protest was held just one day after Chief Intelligence Offi-cer for Hadhramout governorate Ahmed M. Abdulrazzak was as-sassinated.

The protesters demanded that security in general be boosted and also for the perpetrators of the murder to be arrested with-out delay.

Meanwhile, some other partic-ipants in the demonstration held up placards with words con-demning the practice of slavery, which they said continues to exist in some areas of Hodeida and Hajja governorates.

YEMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN ARAB TRAVEL MARKET IN DUBAI

Yemen is to participate in the Arab Travel Market (ATM) sched-uled for the Emirate of Dubai dur-ing the period of May 6-9.

Executive Director of Tourism Promotion Council , Fatima al-Huraibi explained to Saba that this participation comes as a part of the council’s plan for the current year , includes the participation in nine international fairs and it has participated in four of them ,which were (Berlin, Kuala Lumpur, Tur-key, and Italy).

Al-Huraibi pointed out that par-ticipation in Dubai includes four travel agencies in addition to the Council and aims at marketing the Yemeni tourism product in its rel-evance.

Minister: Yemen’s participation in Milano is positive and success-ful Tourism Minister, Qasim Sal-lam has described Yemen’s par-ticipation in Milan exhibition for tourism, which was recently con-cluded in the Italian city of Milano, as positive and successful.

Tourism Minister –Head of Ye-men’s delegation- told Saba, upon his return to Sana’a on Monday, that the participation aimed at af-firming the presence of Yemen on the world tourism map despite what was recounted by various media about the security situation in Yemen.

He confirmed that the Yemeni pavilion in the exhibition contains promotional items, such as tour-ist films, books, brochures and maps as well as a presentation on Yemen’s handicrafts ,heritage ,civilization and picturesque tourist landscapes.

The accompanying delegation included a number of business-men and representatives from tourism and travel agencies.

Million children in Yemen are suffering from malnutrition that causes dwarfism, emaciation and permanent mental disability and death.

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Al-Saeeda (Arabia Felix), con-cluded a training session in safety fields in collaboration with the Roy-al Jordanian Airways.

Felix Executive Director, Engi-neer Mohammed Abdullah al-Arah-sha, explained to the Yemeni News Agency, (Saba,) that the session targeted the major departments in the company, such as the air, tech-nical, financial, human resources and information technology opera-tions, noting the importance of the safety program, adopted by the In-ternational Civil Aviation Organiza-

tion (ICAO).“Most of the Airlines, including

Felix are keen to take the neces-sary measures to guarantee the safety of its passengers, planes and the company staff. The proce-dures are placed within an agreed system which is compatible with the development which the pro-gramming department is witness-ing in general,” the executive man-ager said.

Engineer al-Arahsha said “the safety program is considered to be a risk management one, on

which the risk management that is known to the various departments depends on for the generation of a risk reporting program, and the en-couragement of all the company’s staff for supporting and participa-tion in it for achieving the desired results from it.”

Al-Arahsha explained that the program will help in enabling the main departments in the company to adopt an early warning mecha-nism for dealing with risks, iden-tification and analyzing them in terms of their significance before

they happen or lead to accidents, stressing the keenness of the Fe-lix company to follow the latest new developments in the Aviation world, for providing the best servic-es for their customers, especially in the safety fields.

It is noteworthy that the training session was held under supervi-sion of the safety department at the Royal Jordanian, which is ac-credited by the European Authority for Aviation Sector Regulation, as the first aviation company which provides such a program.

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AL-SAEEDA AIRWAYS CONCLUDES TRAINING SESSION IN SAFETY FIELDS

BY FARES ANAM

The National Center for Meteorology launched warnings for urban mountain resi-dents to take the necessary precautions of thunderstorms and sudden influx of floods in corals and valleys.

The center called the residents of deserts and interior plateaus for the provinces of Taiz, Shabwa, Hadramout, al-Mahrah, al-Jawf, Mar-ib, and Sa›ada to stay away from the floodplain and lack of presence in the wombs of the val-leys, and warned of rock falls in the streets and mountain slopes.

The weather forecast of the center predicted warm wet air flow and withdraw south-east wind of the Arabian Sea and the South Bank of the Red Sea, accompanied by cold airflow contributes to instability in the atmosphere dur-ing the next 48 hours.

BY HESHAM SAMI AL-KIBSI

An oil pipeline stretching from the 25th well in Ass’ad al-Kamel oil field located in Safer area in al-Wadi (val-ley) district, Marib province east of Yemen was subject to bombing on Friday.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on its website that 2 subversive ele-ments blew up the oil pipeline yes-terday, noting that a technical team of engineers moved to the site of the pipeline which is linked to an oil well.

The MoI stated that it has been able to reveal the identity of the sub-versive elements that blew up the oil pipeline and their names are as follows: Naji Hussein al-Na’aj and Saeed Mohammed bin Shaherah.

The MoI stated that both sabo-

teurs are residents of the al-Wadi (valley) District and that they are being pursued by security appara-tuses.

Yemen is incurring significant eco-nomic losses due to the exposure of oil and gas pipelines to repeated sabotage acts.

OIL PIPELINE BLOWN UP IN MARIB, EASTERN YEMENMETEOROLOGY WARNS OF ROCK

FALLS AND SUDDEN INFLUX OF FLOODS

BY OBSERVER STAFF

The General Presidency of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) discussed on Saturday with the heads of the nine field visits’ teams, a number of issues listed in their agenda, including the follow up of the field visits’ plan and the mech-anism adopted by the teams.

The presidency discussed two proposals regarding the field vis-its plans, where the first proposal includes the visit of each team to two Provinces in which the teams are given the freedom of choice to them.

The second proposal aims to carry out the field visits at the rate of

one member from each team to go to all the Provinces capitals, with an overall number of twenty two mem-bers to each province, for one week.

The presidency is scheduled to finish Sunday the approval of the suitable proposal for the teams’ field visit.

Yasser al-Ro’aini, the NDDC Un-der Secretary said on Saturday that the NDC work teams will discuss the mechanisms of the field teams visits to the Provinces.

Al-Ro’ini told 26 September net that the NDC Presidency will dis-cuss with the nine heads of the teams the field visit plans and their scheduled mechanisms.

FIELD VISITS OF NDC TEAMS TO ALL

INTERIOR HEIGHTENS SECURITY ALERTBY FARES ANAM

The Interior Ministry announced stepping up security alert in Rada’ Directorate in expectation of at-tacks by the terrorist al-Qaeda elements.

The Security Media Center of the Interior Ministry explained that

the raising of the alert is attributed to information on the movements of a number of terrorist groups in al-Soda and Mashba’ areas.

Information says that these ele-ments may launch terrorist attacks on military sites similar to the one which happened in al-Tha’lib mili-tary area on last Tuesday and

Wednesday. The ministry stressed its ability

to respond strongly to any such adventures, adding that it can deal with all potential terrorist at-tempts.

Meanwhile the security forces in al-Baidha arrested 3 persons sus-pected of carrying out explosions

and security disorders in the city which targeted the public security and stability in the province.

The special force caught A M Khodair, MA A Morwan and A A al-Margham within their partici-pation in the implementation of wanted elements pursuit plan in the province.

More than half million children under five suffering from dwarfism; 43% suffering from underweight, 15% suffering from emaciation, others suffering from anemia, rickets and immunodeficiency.

Yemen’s economic losses amounted to YR 254538 in 2012 due to malnutrition.

SABOTEURS CHALLENGE MILITARY COMMITTEE

reviewed all issues related to the security situation in Marib province, focusing on the frequent attacks on oil pipelines as well as power lines and towers, which led to dire consequences to the country, the national economy and public life of the citizens.

The Committee also adopted the decision of a number of military and security procedures determined to prevent the recurrence of such at-tacks warding off those who carry out such criminal acts of sabotage.

The Committee noted the need for involving the local authority lead-ers and military and security all concerned authorities to resolve all

outstanding difficulties as well as firmness in dealing with those who tamper with the destiny of the nation, stressing that it will take strict actions and will not tolerate in dealing with targeting the security and stability of the homeland and public stability.

The Military Committee invited all people to stand united with full responsibility to protect the public facilities.

Hours after this meeting, un-known attackers blew up the power lines in al Shabwan eria , Mareb province, state media reported.

ONLY 50 FORCIBLY HIDDEN CASES RECEIVED

conference, in the Saturday’s session, headed by head of the

team Dr. Abdul-Bari Doghaish, pointing out that a number of par-ties met the President and submit-ted reports to him, regarding the forcibly hidden , including the Su-preme Human Rights Commission, the Supreme Council for Peaceful Youth Revolution Detainees, the Human Rights Observatory, Hood Organization and others.

Al-Qadhi presented a review of the findings of the special Par-liamentary committee for Inves-tigations into the forcibly hidden, formed in November 2012, explain-ing that the committee received only fifty cases due to the non-inter-action of the community and media to this important issue.

He added that the forcibly hid-ing is true for cases of arrest, de-tention, kidnapping or any kind of

depravation of freedom, whether it takes place at the hands of state officials, individuals, groups or in-dividuals who move due to authori-zation of the state, its approval, re-sulting in depriving persons of their liberty or the disappearance of their fate or place which leads to depriv-ing them of legal protection.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR SHOT DEAD

operations against security and intelligence members in Hadram-out.

This operation, however, is the most impudent of its kind, where-as the ex- intelligence director was also killed, according to the sources.

L E A R N I N G E N G L I S H with Teacher Aminah

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Past PerfectFORM[had + past participle]Examples:

∑ You had studied English before you moved to New York.

∑ Had you studied English before you moved to New York?

∑ You had not studied English before you moved to New York.

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.Examples:

∑ I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.

∑ I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.

∑ Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.

∑ Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?

∑ She only understood the movie because she had read the book.

∑ Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.

∑ We were not able to get a hotel room because we had not booked in advance.

∑ A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in 2006? B: Yes, I had been to the U.S. once before.

USE 2 Duration Before Something in the Past (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, we use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.Examples:

∑ We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.

∑ By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.

∑ They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.

Although the above use of Past Perfect is normally limited to Non-Continuous Verbs and non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, the words “live,” “work,” “teach,” and “study” are sometimes used in this way even though they are NOT Non-Continuous Verbs.IMPORTANT Specific Times with the Past Perfect

Unlike with the Present Perfect, it is possible to use specific time words or phrases with the Past Perfect. Although this is possible, it is usually not necessary.Example:

∑ She had visited her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with them in 1996.

MOREOVERIf the Past Perfect action did occur at a specific time, the Simple Past can be used instead of the Past Perfect when “before” or “after” is used in the sentence. The words “before” and “after” actually tell you what happens first, so the Past Perfect is optional. For this reason, both sentences below are correct.Examples:

∑ She had visited her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with them in 1996.

∑ She visited her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with them in 1996.

HOWEVER

If the Past Perfect is not referring to an action at a specific time, Past Perfect is not optional. Compare the examples

below. Here Past Perfect is referring to a lack of experience rather than an action at a specific time. For this reason, Simple Past cannot be used.Examples:

∑ She never saw a bear before she moved to Alaska. Not Correct

∑ She had never seen a bear before she moved to Alaska. Correct

ADVERB PLACEMENTThe examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.Examples:

∑ You had previously studied English before you moved to New York.

∑ Had you previously studied English before you moved to New York?

ACTIVE / PASSIVEExamples:

∑ George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic’s license. Active

∑ Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic’s license. PAssive

Simple Past / Past PerfectUsing the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

I can’t believe I (get) ___________ that apartment. I

(submit) ___________ my application last week, but I

didn’t think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I

(show) ___________ up to take a look around, there were

at least twenty other people who (arrive) ______________

before me. Most of them (fill, already) ______________ out

their applications and were already leaving. The landlord

said I could still apply, so I did.

I (try) ____________ to fill out the form, but I couldn’t

answer half of the questions. They (want) ______________

me to include references, but I didn’t want to list my

previous landlord because I (have) _____________ some

problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn’t

recommend me. I (end) ______________ up listing my

father as a reference.

It was total luck that he (decide) ____________ to give

me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my

father (go) ______________ to high school together.

He decided that I could have the apartment before he

(look) ________________ at my credit report. I really

lucked out!

15 of the World’s Happiest Facts60 of the world’s happiest facts60 of the world’s happiest facts

60 of the world’s happiest facts1. If you fake laugh long enough you’ll start to really laugh, re-ally, really hard.2. Every year, millions of trees grow thanks to squirrels forgetting where they buried their nuts.

3. Cancer death rates are down 20% in past 20 years.4. Penguins only have one mate their entire life and “propose” by giving their mate a pebble.5. Cows have best friends.6. Cuddling releases Oxytocin which helps speed healing and re-covery from physical wounds.7. Otters hold hands when sleeping so they don’t drift away

from each other.8. Butterflies can taste with their feet.9. Rats giggle when you tickle them. Their voices are so high-pitched you need special equipment to hear them, but when you do, their laughs are immediately evident.10. Male puppies, when playing with female puppies, will inten-tionally let the female win.11. It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.12. Neurologically speaking, seeing somebody else smile actually makes you happier.13. At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.14. If you spell out numbers in order, the first time you get to the letter “a” is at one-thousand.15. Happiness is a skill. You can learn it and it’s not hard.

Slang Quiz: Black & Urban1. blingIf someone wears a lot of bling, they want to

a. look rich

b. smell good

c. feel warm2. chill | chill outPam needs to learn how to chill. She

a. gets too stressed about things

b. doesn’t get enough exercise

c. never saves any money3. da bombMickey said it was da bomb when he saw

a. his bad exam results

b. the damage to his car

c. his friend’s new motorcycle4. dis | dissYou will probably dis a young man if you say he

a. looks really cool

b. needs to go to the gym

c. has great tattoos5. funky (2)If music is really funky, it’s good for

a. relaxing

b. romancing

c. dancing6. hipThere’s a hip new club in the centre of Tokyo where all the

a. old people with hip problems go

b. cool and trendy young people go

c. middle-aged businessmen go7. hood (1)If a rap album is called “Livin’ in the Hood”, it’s probably about

a. life in a big-city neighborhood

b. the life of a car mechanic

c. the fashion of wearing jackets with hoods

8. pimp (2) | pimp outIf Bobby’s going to pimp his car, he’s going to

a. rent it out

b. customize it

c. sell it9. rap (2)The guys are in a rapping contest, so they’ll need to

a. work out in the gym

b. practice speaking quickly

c. practice tying knots10. Yo!When someone says “Yo!”, it means the same as saying

a. “No!”

b. “Hi!”

c. “Stop!”

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R E P O R T

BY ABDUL-AZIZ OUDAH& FARES ANAM

According to a report prepared by Dr. Abdul-Rahim al-Hotami, TB Coordinator in the Capital Secre-tariat describing Tuberculosis as a consumption disease because it consumes people from the inside, and some people believed that this disease causes infection by demonic touching, so it they used to isolate the patient and lock him up until he dies. This continued until the German Scientist “Rob-ert Koch” discovered in 1882,the bacteria that causes the tubercu-losis, which is kind of) Mycobacte-rium Tuberculosis Complex).

The efforts and research con-tinued to discover the appropriate treatment for this disease, until it nearly forty years ago, where the appropriate treatment for these bacteria were discovered from an-tibiotics, after it caused the death of millions of people, said the re-port.

However, the bacteria that cause the disease are different from other types of bacteria caus-ing the rest of the diseases, which may need to treat by a single an-tibiotic, for a period of one to two weeks or maybe a month.

The report noted that while the TB bacteria cannot be treated by one antibiotic, it needs a combina-tion of four or five antibiotics, and for duration of treatment which lasts for at least six months, and may extend for a year or more.

These antibiotics are TB drugs in the first line of treatment (First-Line Drugs).

So the National Program for Anti-TB depends on a standard-ized treatment strategy and an ef-fective, short-term program, rec-ommended by the World Health Organization(WHO), said Dr. al-Hotami.

“It has been generalized to most countries in the world, its applica-tion in Yemen began in April of 2005, after completing the staff training program on the districts level and most provinces. Each patient infected with tuberculosis has a good chance of recovering from the disease, including the

setback cases,” stated the report.This therapeutic strategy aims

to cure at least 85% of cases of infectious pulmonary tuberculo-sis, preventing deaths due to ac-tive pulmonary tuberculosis, or multiple complications, preventing a tuberculosis relapse, reduction of the spread of tuberculosis to others, and preventing the risk of resistance to anti-TB drugs.

In order to achieve these objec-tives, the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO), and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) recom-mends the implementation of this therapeutic strategy by the com-position and appropriate dose of anti-TB drugs, taken regularly by the patient, for a definite thera-peutic period and the prevention and control side symptoms of an-ti-TB drugs, and effectively control treatment.

Short-term chemotherapy, is prescribed for TB patients and guarantees greater compliance with treatment, the early disap-pearance of bacteria from spu-tum of the patient, thus reducing the spread of infection among the community, so these DOTS meet the high cure rate, and least re-lapse rate at lower costs.

This short-term chemical treat-ment is under the direct daily supervision (Directly Observed Treatment Strategy “DOTS”) will continue for a period of six months, consisting of two inten-sive phases for two months, TB patient has to use four types of anti-TB drugs, and then contin-ues the complementary treatment phase for a period of four months, made up of two types of anti-TB drugs.

Despite the disappearance of the symptoms of tuberculo-sis shortly after the start of drug taking, about a month from the beginning, it does not mean the healing form the disease, and the patient may get rid of the bacteria causing the disease, but to make sure it is necessary to continue treatment for a period of treatment prescribed, and on daily regular basis, under the direct daily su-

pervision (DOTS) The report also mentioned that

the TB patient must recognize the importance of this fact, to prevent manipulation of disappearance of symptoms which may force him to stop treatment, or failure to take it, leading to the emergence of the disease again, in a stronger form, with the possibility of acquiring bacteria resistant multiple (Multi-drugs Resistant “MDR”) against (First-Line Drugs).

It should be noted that the sec-ond-line therapeutic drugs for tu-berculosis (Second-Line Drugs) is not available until now in Yemen, noting that the second line treat-

ment period lasts for two years, and the need for the patient to be admitted in the hospital for six months.

The patient may die because of the side effects of second-line drugs. The cost of treating TB pa-tient with first-line drugs is about $ 35, while the cost TB patient treatment with second-line drugs is about $ 3,500.

Attention should be taken as to the importance of the policy standardization of treatment, of TB patients, according to the veri-fication of the national program to combat tuberculosis, because of the diversity of the application of various policies for the treatment of TB patients leading to many problems, including the emer-gence of cases of tuberculosis that are multi-resistant to anti-tuberculosis treatment .

It also leads to the spread of the disease between members of the community, and impedes efforts to combat tuberculosis, which represents an additional burden on the country’s health, economic and social issues.

Epidemiological situation of TB in Yemen, according to the re-sults of the last survey for TB epi-demic conducted by the National Program for TB control in Yemen in collaboration with the World Health Organization in 2010 and 2011 showed that the annual in-cidence rate for all forms of TB is 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

If Yemen’s population is 25 mil-lion, the numbers that are involved annually in Yemen are 12,500 cases, among these cases, 6250 cases are contagious pulmonary tuberculosis, and the rest of the cases are negative pulmonary tu-berculosis and TB outside of the lungs. The rates of deaths due to tuberculosis are 9 deaths per 100,000 people.

The National Program for TB Control was established in 1978, in the capital Sana’a and it has been able to expand in the dis-semination of TB control services and prevention methods in all governorates.

“The objectives of the national program for TB control is to detect 70% of TB cases that occur each year and achieve the success rate of treatment by 85% of detected cases,” said Dr. Najib Abdul Aziz Abdullah, Director General of the Program.

The NAATB has achieved in the past years the treatment of about

86% of the total cases detected in 2011, and the discovery of 54% of TB pulmonary infectious cases that were expected to occur in the country in 2012, reducing preva-lence of tuberculosis of 132 cases per 100,000 of the population in 1990 to 78 cases in 2012.

The program has reduced the incidence annual rate for TB from 90 cases per 100,000 population in 1990 to 50 cases in 2012, as well as reducing the rate of deaths due to tuberculosis from 15 deaths per 100,000 of the population in 1990 to 9 deaths in 2012.

Coordinator of the National Program for TB Control in Marib province, Nasser al-Saidi said that the year 2012 noted the discovery of new cases of TB amounted to 120 cases, including 34 infectious cases, 48 negative cases of tu-berculosis and 38 cases of extra pulmonary tuberculosis.

The Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Ahmad Qa-sem al-Ansi affirmed the need to exert more efforts in the fight against Tuberculosis, which is one of the serious and infectious diseases, but completely curable through the optimal use of treat-ment throughout its term of six months.

Al-Ansi pointed out according to the international TB report for the year 2009, that the number of infected cases in our country is estimated at (25 cases of pulmo-nary tuberculosis positive Stain per 100,000 of the population) and 9 deaths due to tuberculosis per 100,000 of the population per year.

Minister Al-Ansi said that Tu-berculosis is one of the big chal-lenges facing the health sector in our country because of its gravity to everyone its need to a long pe-riod of treatment, pointing out that the success of the TB control pro-gram requires good management and an establish of a treatment mechanism to ensure that pa-tients receive the accurate treat-ment at the right time.

He stressed the importance of providing correct information about the seriousness of the disease to the patient and the community and the promotion of community awareness about the disease, including helping to combat it, calling the TB control program to follow a new mecha-nism of action which will be able to overcome any shortcomings accompaning the program in the previous period.

TUBERCULOSIS: THE DEADLY DISEASE

Tuberculosis is known since ancient times, and had been destroy-ing people’s lives mercilessly. It was mentioned in history and de-scribed as the deadly disease. It was also called the white plague

(because those infected suffer significantly from pallor).

If Yemen’s population is 25 million, the numbers that are involved annually in Yemen are 12,500 cases, among

these cases, 6250 cases are contagious pulmonary tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a lethal illness if not treated, but it is totally curable if the patient commits to the treatment and continues to have his medications without a break throughout the prescribed period determined by the physician…

No despair after today... TB prevention and treatment is within our grasps.

BY MOHAMMED SHARHAN

Khadiga Dadaih is not just a can-dle burning as light to others, she is a flower that spreads its perfume, as well. Since she was a young girl, she worked on writing the most beautiful phrases, poems and texts that would capture the heart. She is characterized in the arts of writing , poetry and speech.

Yemen Observer: Tell us about yourself ?

Khadiga : My name is khadiga Dadaih. I was born in Dhamar prov-ince. I studied in Dhamar University; faculty of Art , Psychology Depart-ment.

YO: What job positions have you held until now?

Khadiga: Chairman of the wom-en sector in Al-Bardouni library , Officer for external activity of the Information Office in Dhamar prov-ince, announcer and presenter in many official ceremonies and cul-tural activities in Dhamar and other provinces.

YO: What about poetry ?Khadiga: I have two poetry books

under the names; The Desperate Hope and The bleeding Characters.

YO: What activities have you participated in ?

Khadiga : I participated in the First National Camp in Dhamar in 2006 , the Third Youth Festival in Ibb province in 2007 , the Fifth Fo-rum of Youth and Students in Aden in 2007 , the First National Forum for talents in Sana’a in 2008 , and the Forum of Arab Universities in Egypt in 2008 .

YO: What honors do you?Khadiga: I won first place in the

Republic in poetry in 2001 , first place in the Republic in poetry at the Forum of Aden in 2007 , first place in poetry at the University of Dhamar for Four years respectively during my studies at the college , and Silver Shield Excellence in the field of poetry at the Forum of Arab universities in Egypt in 2008.

YO: What do you think about the cultural and literary situation in Yemen, particularly in Dhama ?

Khadiga: Yemen is full of talents in all fields. Yemen is a fertile envi-ronment for talents.The people of Yemen accept little and are char-acterized as being contented. For Dhamar, it is considered the city of Science and literature. It birthed the greatest scientists , writers and lit-erary men. I remember a sentence from the Arabian critic, Sabri Mus-lim that is ( if you throw a flower from a high position in Dhamar it (the flower ) will falll on the head of a poet or a writer or artist or play-wright. The literary situation in our country is somewhat down nowa-days because of the current political situation.

YO: Does the Government support and encourage the cre-ative people in our country ?

Khadiga: There are the annual prizes from the president that the government give to the creative people but it is not enough to en-courage them or the talented . The talented are ignored in our country. The authorities give a little con-cern to the youth. There is a rule for those who want to appear and suc-ceed. The rule is to travel to other country to show your talent . When you become successful, the Yemeni country will say, this successful man is a Yemeni. The Yemeni gov-ernment must use those who have talent for enhancing the country’s development.

YO: When did you start writ-ing?

Khadiga: I started writing with a literary prose style when I was in high school . My words were fasci-nating to my teachers and friends. They expected me to have a good future and I developed my writ-ings more and more. I started writ-ing poetry of all kinds. I printed my first poetry book when I was in high school with the cooperation of my teachers and friends , and sold copies in schools and libraries in the province . I printed my second poetry book when I was about 16 years old.

YO: Does the environment you live in encourage you to show your Poetic talent ?

Khadiga : Actually in the begin-ning, it never encouraged me. I was forced to hide my poetic writings so no one would touch them. The girl has no right to write poetry or to say it in front of the both males and females. I remember when I held a Poetic evening at the Cultural Cen-ter in Dhamar province. I gave the invitation cards to my friends and my relatives. Most of them were forced to lie to their families saying they were going shopping instead of attending the poetic evening. If my friends told their family that they were going to attend the poetic evening, their family would have prevented them. But now the situa-tion has changed with the changing of the personal thoughts.

YO: What is the difference be-tween poetry and literary writings according to your point of view ?

Khadiga : I think that both of them express what is in the senti-ment and they express ideas and opinions , but all of them has rules and basis . Poetry rules and basis differs from the rules and basis of literary writings.

YO: Which poetry types do you prefer and why ?

Khadiga : I write all poetry types. But I tend to lend toward free poems because it makes me express what is in my deep sentiment.

YO: What topics are your writ-ings intended for?

Khadiga : my writings are intend-ed for homeland and love of home-land but in a different style. I also wrote about spiritual topics .

YO: In the old period, poetry was used in many tasks such as moving news and defense on tribes, satires, praise … etc , What is the purpose of poet in our time ?

Khadega ; In my point of view, if poetry has not a message, it is not poetry . If the poet writes for the pur-pose of writing, it is considered only a waste of time. For me when I write poetry, I ask myself if those words will benefit my people? and will my people enjoy my words? … etc.

YO: Do you write poetry for

yourself or for others or for both ?

Khadiga : Poetry when it comes out from the deep of my heart, en-ters the deep of other hearts with-out permission. So when I wrote poetry, I have to feel its words and I write it from my spirit to truly pen-etrate the spirit of the other.

YO: When you write, Are there specific places you prefer go to,

to evoke poetic rituals ?Khadiga : There is no specific

places for writing poetry . Some-times the words of poetry come to me when I’m on the bus and some-times it comes when I do homework and also when I make calls to some friends. Then, I run to the paper and write the words that came to me . Creative has no roof.

YO: Do you have other talents

and hobbies ? Khadiga : yes I do. YO: Like what ? Khadiga : I am an announcer

and a journalist. I present many public and private celebrations in-side and outside of the homeland . I run most of the graduation celebra-tions. I am an international trainer in human development. I hold many weekly lectures and symposiums in many places. I write stories and play Ping-pong, and I won third place in a Ping-Pong Championship with Yemeni universities.

YO: Have you reached your ambitions?

Khadiga: Of course not . My roof is the universe and my ambition is the earth . I’m still in the beginning, but the environment in Dhamar province is limited and doesn’t en-courage the talented. As the field of talent is limited , I always ask myself what else. I think that I will achieve my ambition if I go to another envi-ronment and another place. So, I am thinking to travel to find agood land that will help me to follow my ambitions.

YO: : How do you gathered between psychology, poetry and media ? Do your thoughts dis-perse in three fields ?

Khadiga ; On the contrary, my studies have given me acknowl-edgement of myself and with oth-ers and gave me the ability to in-fluence. So, when I wrote poetry, it comes out confidently and with a balanced sense. When I under-stand the people, I wrote what they want and bring it to them through the media. So, what I offer is always based on the needs of the public in literary poetic words. I’m famous by these three fields.

YO: : What do you want to be in the future ?

Khadiga ; I want to be a famous announcer and poetess on an in-ternational level.

YO: : Do you have any final words that you would like to say?

Khadiga : I thank the Yemen Observer for its concerns with the talented youth and for its great ef-forts to show the submerged talents in our country. I want to give a mes-sage through your newspaper to the Ministry of Culture and Informa-tion, Youth and Sports. I want to say to them, “ Increase your concern for the talented youth. You must be be-side them to show their talents until they reach the sky. Don’t make us travel outside our countries.

MAHA AL-WAJIH

The coordinator of the Secondary School Development and the Girls Enrolment in the Ministry of Edu-cation, Abdullah Ali Ismail, pointed out the workshop is designated for a project financed by a number of donors and the Yemeni Govern-ment, which will be implemented in five Provinces, including Taiz, seeking qualitative intervention in

50 schools with 13 schools repre-senting Taiz share, where the inter-vention will be through an integral intervention in terms of buildings, facilities, accessories, equipments as well as the payment of cash sums, assistance and transporta-tion amounts for the school girls whose residence falls within three sq. km from school.

“The main goal is the expansion

and encouragement of girl enrol-ment in school,” Ismail said, add-ing, “ as the project is suspended during the crisis, we started activat-ing it. The meeting with the school directors, the Educational Directors in the Directorates which are linked to the project is the third one for the comprehensive evaluation for the schools due to the project’s suspen-sion, with the review of the results, “

because the project pays condition-al cash incentives to the male and female students as well as training the male and female teachers in addition to the buildings and equip-ments so that we will have model schools with full facilities.”

On the other hand the Province’s General Inspection Manager said the workshop aims at discussion of the comprehensive evaluation

by the Province’s implementation team, who depended on the close examination of the current situation of the schools, in comparison of their equipments level with that of the Public Works, the World Bank, the Development Program and the Ministry of Education taking into ac-count the interest of the project in building the practical and scientific capacities of the teachers.

He pointed out to the hopes that the workshop will come out with two basic objectives, in terms of the knowledge of the roles between the school, the teacher and the stake holders so as to activate the roles and the completion of the equip-ments for dealing with them for cre-ating an attractive, model general education environment in the 2014 academic year.

C U LT U R EFAMOUS FEMALE POETESS SPEAKS ABOUT HER TALENT

Yemen observer conducted an interview with a famous poetess from Dhamar province named Khadiga Dadaih.

Khadiga Dadaih was not just candle burning to

light the others but she is a flower that spread its perfume to the others .

A workshop for meeting the educational directors, the departments’ directors, and school directors is held

Saturday in Taiz for the evaluation of the comprehensive evaluation of 13 schools in al-Misrakh, Khodair, al-Ma’fir and Maqbanah within the inspection program with the special program for Secondary school education development and the enrolment of girls into the Ministry of Education which targets 50 schools in five Provinces.

SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IN AN EVALUATION WORKSHOP IN TAIZ

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M E D I A B R I E F I N GBY HESHAM SAMI AL-KIBSI

Saba net - 27.04.2014 - Interior Minister Major General Abdul Qader Qahtan met on Saturday at the headquarters of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom with Scotland’s Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill. At the meeting, the minister was briefed on

the experience of Scotland in the control of the police and their relationship with the central government and the coordination process and the provision of resources. The Interior Minister also met in Tulliallan Castle - Scotland’s police headquarters - near the city of Edinburgh in the

UK with Scotland’s Police Chief Stephen House. They discussed a number of issues of common concern and the experiences of the Scotland’s police and how to benefit from its expertise in increasing the effectiveness of the police work.

Saba net - 28.04.2013 - Gunmen shot dead on Saturday an intelligence official in Hadhramout province, a security source said. Two gunmen riding

a motorcycle opened fire, killing military intelligence chief in Hadhramout Ahmed Abdul-Razzaq, while he was returning home coming from his office, the source said. The source condemned the

criminal coward act, which strengthened the security authorities’ determination to hunt all terrorists, including the perpetrators, stressing that their crime will not go unpunished.

Mareb Press -27.04.2014- The Abidah and al-Ashraf tribes in Marib province gave a 5 day respite last Thursday to the government

as a last chance to relocate the 3rd Mountain Brigade out of the province. They also demanded to change the 3rd military zone commander.

The tribes said that they’ll be forced to stop all the oil facilities in Safer and all its branches in the area if their demands were not met.

Al-Masdar-27.04.2014- Facebook users circulated on Friday information about the arrest of an armed gang accused of killing Islah activist in the Capital Sana’a

Muneer Haidar Days ago.Islah leader Fouad

al-Hemyari told al-Masdar that the suspects of killing Muneer Haidar, numbering 5, were arrested during the

Friday prayers in Jaadir area.Al-Hemyari pointed that

the person who proceeded with the murder was Jalal al-Raimi and that the Murder weapon has been found.

INTERIOR MINISTER MEETS SCOTTISH JUSTICE SECRETARY AND POLICE CHIEF

SHEIKH DARIS KILLED IN IBB

Al-Share’-27.04.2014- A General Peoples’ Congress (GPC) party leader, Sheikh Mohammed Daris was killed on Friday by a bullet that entered from his left shoulder and lodged in his heart, resulting in his death. A security source told al-Share’ that Daris was killed while sitting in a rest tent in the Queen Arwa hotel yard in downtown Ibb. The source said that Daris was rushed to the al-Thawrah hospital but died in the way.

3 SECURITY PERSONNEL INJURED IN CLASHES BETWEEN SECURITY AND MILITARY FORCES IN TAIZ

Al - Share’ - 28.04.2013 - Three public security personnel (police) were injured after clashes broke out in front of the Taiz province security head quarters between security personnel and 22nd Brigade soldiers belonging to the former Republican Guards. A security source told al-Share’ that the clashes broke out Saturday noon in which light and medium weapons were used. The clashes started after verbal altercations between both sides that evolved into shooting rounds into the air and eventually turned into clashes.

The source, who asked to stay anonymous, said that a military pickup belonging to the 22nd Brigade came to the security complex to inquire about a person arrested by the brigade and handed over to the security on Friday.

While both sides were discussing the issue, a security officer shot a round into the air resulting in the violent clashes.

While the source denied reports about any casualties, the Head of Taiz security, Mohammed Saleh al-Sha’eri confirmed that 3 security personnel were injured; 2 with Doshka (DShk) rounds fragments fired at the security HQ by 22nd brigade soldiers and 1 injured after being violently beaten by the 22nd brigade soldiers.

Al-Yemen al - Youm - 27.04.2014 - Clashes broke out on Thursday evening between the Aal Hayash and

Aal Omar tribes in She’aab al-Daqeeq area which both sides claim ownership of. These clashes come after two weeks the ending of a

previous clash by a military and security campaign and the signing of document that guarantees that both sides won’t resume hostilities.

A l - O u l a - 2 7 . 0 4 . 2 0 1 4 - Popular committees in Ja’ar, Abyan province arrested on Thursday two al-Qaeda spies. A local source told

al-Oula that the two persons admitted of being recruited by al-Qaeda. The two persons admitted that al-Qaeda bought them motorcycles in

addition to providing amounts of money in order to monitor the movements of popular committees’ fighters and target them.

1 KILLED AND 2 OTHERS INJURED IN TRIBAL CLASHES IN AL-BAIDHA’A

POPULAR COMMITTEES IN JA’AR ARREST TWO AL-QAIDA SPIES

5 KILLED AND 10 INJURED IN CLASHES BETWEEN SECURITY FORCES AND GUNMEN IN RADA’A

ABIDAH AND AL-ASHRAF TRIBES RESPITE THE GOVERNMENT 5 DAYS TO RELOCATE THE 3RD MOUNTAIN BRIGADE OUT OF THE PROVINCE

REPORTS OF ARRESTING SUSPECTS OF KILLING ISLAH ACTIVIST MUNEER HAIDAR IN SANA’A

JALAL AL-RAIMI (RIGHT) AND SADEQ RAJEH.)

MUKALLA, HADHRAMOUT PHOTO BY YEMEN OBSERVER.

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Akhbar al - Youm - 27.04.2014 - Gunmen in al-Basateen area, Dar Sa’ad district, Aden province killed a citizen and fled the scene. Sources told Akhbar al-Youm

that the victim took a taxi to his house in al-Basateen area where unknown gunmen opened fire at the car killing him instantly. The sources said that the motive behind the murder is still unknown.

GUNMEN SHOOT DEAD INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL IN YEMEN

Al - Oula - 28.04.2013 - Five persons including 3 security personnel were killed on Saturday after clashes broke out in Rada’a city, al-Baidha’a province between Central Security Forces (CSF) public security (police) on one hand and tribal gunmen on the other. The tribal gunmen launched an attack on the CSF branch/camp and security complex in Rada’a city after a fellow tribesman was killed in clashes with security forces in al-Mosala checkpoint. PICTURE AP SOURCE AP.

GUNMEN KILL A CITIZEN IN AL-BASATEEN

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BY HESHAM SAMI AL-KIBSI

The Yemeni Journalists Syndi-cate and EgyptAir signed today a memorandum of understanding to grant syndicate member privileges on flights from Yemen.

The memorandum of understand-ing which was signed by the Jour-nalists Syndicate secretary-general Marwan Dammaj and EgyptAir re-gional director in Yemen Hussam Abughararah included granting journalists and their families a fixed discount on flights from Yemen and at all levels.

The general secretary of the syndicate expressed his apprecia-tion for the initiative of EgyptAir in providing facilitations to journalists in Yemen on its flights. Dammaj expressed hope that the journalists and their families benefit from this reduction.

Director of EgyptAir Office in Ye-men noted that his company was keen to provide the best offers for journalists. The offers include real discounts on the prices normal tickets for the journalists and their families, as well as providing other features like weight. He pointed out that the reservations are made di-rectly through the company's offices in Sana’a and Aden via a syndicate membership card.

For his part, Services Committee Chairman Ahmed al-Jebr, explained that the syndicate is in the process of understanding with a number of airlines, in order to expand the op-tions for its members. Al-Jebr noted

that the committee made strenu-ous efforts to renew the agreement with both the Yemenia Airlines and Felix Airways happy, but it did not bear fruit because of the unrespon-siveness of the two companies. The syndicate is awaiting a prom-ise from Transport Minsiter Wa’ed Bathaib to renew and develop the agreement with Yemenia Airlines.

EGYPTAIR GRANTS DISCOUNTS FOR YEMENI JOURNALISTS

SECOND ANNIVERSARY FOR THE FIRST FEMALE JOURNALIST IN YEMEN

BY FARES ANAM

Progress and Advancement Fo-rum along with the Forum of Dr. Raufa will organize next week an event to commemorate the late media leader and academic Dr. Ra-ufa Hassan al-Sharki, who passed away on April 27, 2011 at 53.

This event, to be held in Sana'a during the upcoming days, will be the second anniversary to remem-ber Dr. Raufa, as a founder of the Media College at Sana’a University, a human rights activist, a professor of media studies, the first female journalist in Yemen and the lobbyist of all women’s issues in the country.

She was also a member of the Ex-ecutive Office of the Progress and Advancement Forum. Last year, the forum organized a massive event to commemorate her where hundreds of academicians and media figures as well as activists were present.

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