A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaida and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power.
World Bank funds Yemen to construct more schools for girls YemenOnline-July 5,2008-Yemen signed on Saturday an agreement for establishing a number of girl schools in a number of governorates with a total cost of $ 20 million funded by World Bank.
The agreement signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Karim al-Arhabi and Minister of Education Abdul Salam al-Jawfi. Under the agreement, the Public Works Project will build a number of girl schools in the framework of supporting high education and girls education project.
Following the signing, al-Arhabi affirmed the importance of implementing this project that underpins the government's efforts to realize the third millennium goals.
