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Yemen anti-terror police thwarted on Thursday an electronic attempt to steal about $2 million from a Canadian oil company working in Yemen.

Yemeni authorities have detained a Saudi citizen wanted for security issues by Saudi Arabia, officials said here yesterday.

Yemeni authorities have discovered and detainedan 11-member terrorist cell here belonging to the Al Qaida organisation, official sources said yesterday.

Minister: Yemen's cooperation with US no secret

Politicians, experts and activists from all over the GCC, Iraq and Yemen will take part in the Gulf Forum for Democracies which will start here today.

Judge Hamoud A Hetar, member of Yemen's Supreme Court, said on Thursday that 150 detained on suspicion of belonging to Al Qaida would be released during the upcoming Ramadan according to directives of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The Yemeni Ministry of Interior denied news reports that a dispute between Sunnis and Shiites was the reason behind Monday's shootout in a mosque, which killed one and injured two others.

Yemen has been walking a tightrope in its cooperation with the US on fighting terror.

Yemen and Saudi Arabia yesterday agreed to exchange the detainees wanted by authorities in the two countries on terrorism charges, official sources here said.

Saudi Arabia has provided $50 million assistance to Yemen as part of its aid programme to help the country expand and develop technical education and vocational training with the objective of meeting the needs of the labour markets, official sources said yesterday.

Prisoners detained for suspected links to Al Qaida will be put on a public trial very soon, said Amat Alim Assosowa, Yemen's Minister of Human Rights.

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