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Articles of the author Peter Willems
The talking cure
Two years after it was established, Yemen's National Dialogue is beginning to bear fruit. Peter Willems reports The Yemeni government recently released 113 detainees who allegedly belonged to the Al-Qaeda international terrorist network, said (...)

02 - 12 - 2004
Business is blooming
Last week the United Nations announced that the number of farmers growing poppies in Afghanistan has now reached near record levels. Peter Willems reports from Kabul According to the recent Afghanistan Opium Survey produced by the United Nations (...)

02 - 12 - 2004
The easy part is over
With the Afghan elections viewed as a success President Karzai now begins a significantly more difficult task, writes Peter Willems When Hamid Karzai gave his acceptance speech as Afghanistan's first elected president earlier this month, he (...)

18 - 11 - 2004
Going for Gas
Prospects look good for Yemeni natural gas exports, reports Peter Willems from Sanaa It's an ideal time to be an oil producing country. Crude oil prices have soared and have reached record highs in the past year. On a daily basis, Yemen produces (...)

04 - 11 - 2004
Little violence at the Afghan poll
Afghanistan's first presidential elections took place according to plan and without the much anticipated violence, reports Peter Willems from Kabul Although tension was running high in Afghanistan during its first presidential elections on Saturday, (...)

14 - 10 - 2004
Dying for USS Cole
Two sentenced to death for attack on USS Cole, reports Peter Willems from Sanaa Last week, a Yemeni court sentenced two suspects to death and four others to 5-10 year prison terms after they were found guilty of being involved in the bombing of the (...)

07 - 10 - 2004
Tortuous campaign
Taliban targets presidential hopefuls in Afghanistan's upcoming elections, reports Peter Willems from Kabul The United States' decision to send more troops to Afghanistan in time for presidential elections on 9 October was greeted with elation by (...)

07 - 10 - 2004
Hanging on to elections
Afghanistan is poised to hold presidential elections on 9 October in spite of the fast deteriorating security situation, writes Peter Willems Last Friday, United States officials announced that 700 soldiers of the first battalion of the 505th (...)

23 - 09 - 2004
Al-Houthi's ghost
Yemeni forces captured and killed Shia rebel cleric Hussein Al-Houthi, but the roots of the rebellion live on, writes Peter Willems from Sanaa Friday, the Yemeni government announced that its forces had killed rebel cleric Hussein Al-Houthi, thus (...)

16 - 09 - 2004
Warlords, opium and the poll
Ferocious fighting between factions erupts as elections near in Afghanistan, reports Peter Willems from Kabul With Afghanistan's presidential elections only six weeks away, the final list of 18 presidential candidates aiming to take the top spot in (...)

26 - 08 - 2004
Not over yet
While the Yemeni government said that fighting between Yemeni forces and a rebel cleric and his supporters is coming to an end, key players remain at large. Peter Willems reports "Sheikh Hussein Badruddin Al-Houthi and whoever is still with him are (...)

19 - 08 - 2004
Mini-Iraq in Yemen
Mediation between the Yemeni government and the rebel cleric's army has moved up a gear, but will the siege finally end? Peter Willems reports Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has put together a delegation of over 25 officials to convince (...)

05 - 08 - 2004
Poppy power
Opium production is rampant in post-Taliban Afghanistan, reports Peter Willems from Kabul When British Prime Minister Tony Blair was attempting to garner support for the invasion of Afghanistan, he told the Labour Party Conference in October 2001 (...)

05 - 08 - 2004
Afghan election fears
Amid much tension, the Afghan authorities are desperately trying to build up security precautions in time for the upcoming general elections, reports Peter Willems from Kabul Afghanistan's interim government and the United Nations are pressing (...)

29 - 07 - 2004
Waiting for Godot
Afghan presidential and parliamentary elections have been postponed again, reports Peter Willems from Kabul "Now that we are able to register to vote, we will be able to decide on our fate," said Ahmed Khalid, an Afghan holding his new registration (...)

15 - 07 - 2004
New trial, fresh clashes
The long-awaited trial of six suspects involved in the suicide attack on the USS Cole began this week in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, reports Peter Willems Along with planning to bomb the destroyer USS Cole, the defendants were also charged with being (...)

15 - 07 - 2004
Yemen's 'war on terror'
The battle between Yemeni forces and Shia militants in the north of the country rages on, Peter Willems reports Two weeks after the clashes started between Yemeni troops and Muslim militants, the Ministry of the Interior reported that 86 supporters (...)

08 - 07 - 2004
Rebel-rousing
Yemeni militant Islamists are under siege from government forces after violent confrontations left many dead and wounded, reports Peter Willems Clashes between Yemeni forces and militants supporting an anti-US Muslim cleric in north Yemen have left (...)

01 - 07 - 2004
Broken mirrors
Should Iraqis look to Afghanistan for an image of their future, or is it the other way round? Peter Willems, in Kabul, writes Last week United States President George W Bush declared Afghanistan a role model for Iraq even as the country sinks (...)

01 - 07 - 2004
Fair trial?
The trial of 15 Yemeni terror suspects began last Saturday in Sanaa, Peter Willems reports Amid tight security 14 of 15 Yemenis accused of engaging in "terrorist" activities appeared in court at the beginning of a landmark trial. Five are charged (...)

03 - 06 - 2004
To riches or ruin?
Yemenis are worried about the implications of radical economic reform, reports Peter Willems from Sanaa Many people celebrated when the Yemeni government introduced an economic reform package in 2002. The Ministry of Planning and International (...)

20 - 05 - 2004
Border tensions
Despite their common struggle against terrorism, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are having difficulties resolving their border dispute, reports Peter Willems from Sana'a In recent months, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have enhanced bilateral cooperation in order (...)

22 - 04 - 2004
Salvage job
Yemen and Egypt step in to rescue an ailing Arab League following one of the most embarrassing debacles in its long-checkered history, reports Peter Willems "Shocking", "Frustrating" and "Disappointing" were the words that came from Yemeni (...)

01 - 04 - 2004
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