Word: yemen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Israel gets immigrants each year from Yemen to Ethiopia to the Soviet Union," Rokhsar said. "Such an agglomeration of people does not constitute racism...
...best of Kuwait's ability, almost all of these expatriates will be driven out or refused permission to return. It does not matter if they were born in Kuwait. The Arab way holds: you are what your parents or grandparents are. If they came from Iraq or Jordan, Yemen or the Sudan, your nationality is theirs -- which in today's Kuwait is crime enough...
...disturbance of the monsoon would cause a major disaster. For instance, rains over the Ethiopian highlands supply 80% of the water that feeds the Nile. If those rains fell offshore, the tens of millions of people in that already drought-stricken region would suffer even more grievously. Parts of Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and India could be similarly affected...
...fund financed by Iraqi oil revenues and administered by a special U.N. commission. That body must still determine what portion of Iraq's oil money to retain. Washington favors seizing 40% to 50% of the overall revenues, while London proposes 25% to 30%. But Iraq supporters like Yemen and Cuba want a much lower rate of 10%, arguing that anything higher would punish the Iraqi people too harshly...
...noble but naive notion. The Arab haves, which were threatened by Saddam, are not especially happy with most of the have-nots -- Jordan, Yemen, the Palestinians and the Sudan, all of whom cheered the Iraqi invader. The exceptions are Egypt and Syria, which are likely to receive rewards -- for their help in defeating Saddam, not for the misfortune of being impoverished...