Almotamar.net - The International Federation for Civil Society foundations based in Geneva has chosen three world personalities to be honoured in the year of 2008 , one of them President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen as a civil society personality for this year in recognition of his efforts supporting the building of civil society organisations in Yemen.
That has been clarified by Mohammed Ali Allaw, General Coordinator of Civil society Organisations Alliance in Yemen. He said the International federation for the Civil society establishments told him that President Ali Abdullah Saleh is at the top of the world personalities who would be honoured this year for the importance of the role they are playing in supporting civil society organisations and the care rendered to democracy, civilian transparency and human rights.
The General Coordinator of the civil society organisations alliance made it clear that the other two personalities to be honoured other than the President are Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela. It is scheduled that delegates from the International Federation for Civil Society Establishments to come to Yemen soon to honor the president of the republic.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
Civil Society International Federation chooses Saleh among world personalities
