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2006 in Yemen
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The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Yemen.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Ali Abdullah Saleh
- Vice President: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
- Prime Minister: Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 9 - U.S. forces are searching for the USS Cole attacker who escaped from prison last Friday. According to Interpol, an al-Qaeda operative who had been sentenced to death for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 escaped with a group of convicts from their prison last week in Sana'a.[1]
September
[edit]- September 23 - Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978, is re-elected as President of Yemen with 77.2% of the votes, prompting allegations of electoral fraud from the Yemeni opposition coalition.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "US searches for Yemen fugitives". BBC News. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Yemeni leader wins by landslide". BBC News. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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