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FactsBackground: North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreed to a delimitation of their border. note: data are in 2010 US dollars GDP (official exchange rate): $30.02 billion (2010 est.); GDP - real growth rate: 5.2% (2010 est.); 3.8% (2009 est.); 3.2% (2008 est.); GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,600 (2010 est.); $2,600 (2009 est.); $2,600 (2008 est.); note: data are in 2010 US dollars GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.2%; industry: 38.8%; services: 53% (2010 est.); Population below poverty line: 45.2% (2003); Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.9%; highest 10%: 30.8% (2005); Labor force: 6.832 million (2010 est.); Labor force - by occupation: note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force; Unemployment rate: 35% (2003 est.); Budget: revenues: $7.581 billion; expenditures: $9.345 billion (2010 est.); Industries: crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair; natural gas production; Industrial production growth rate: 9% (2010 est.); Electricity - production: 5.665 billion kWh (2007 est.); Electricity - consumption: 4.133 billion kWh (2007 est.); Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2008 est.); Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2008 est.); Statistics: CIA World Factbook. PressAl-Sahwa(Islamist weekly), Aden Yemen in the NewsDisplaying 29 to 32 of 44 items. Yemen's President Reneges on DemocracySaleh had spent nearly a year indignantly insisting that his sincere intention was to relinquish power in the presidential elections scheduled for September. A Village in Yemen: A Day in the Life of a Failing StateAn outbreak of chickenpox in Yemen goes a long way in demonstrating the challenges of daily life for Yemeni citizens. Al Qaeda Escape in Yemen: Facts, Rumors and TheoriesOne theory circulating in Yemen these days is that the recent escape of 23 prisoners from a maximum-security intelligence facility was orchestrated to transfer them to U.S. custody. Yemen: An Attack on AllWith the concentration of political power, military power, land ownership and business ownership in much of the same hands, powerful forces are working against transparency in Yemen. |
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