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has designated�as being state sponsors of terrorism.
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Yemen
Capital
City ~ Sana'a
British Foreign Office Travel Advice
United Nations
Mission
Diplomatic Missions
Languages
Travel
Guide
Pictures
Universities
ASIA MAP
BBC
British
Broadcasting Corporation Country Profile
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Country Profiles
United States Central Intelligence Agency
United States Department of State
British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peoples Republic
of China
German Federal Foreign Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
EUEA European Union External Action
Canadian Department of
Foreign
Affairs
United Nations Children's Fund
World Bank Report
World Health Organization
International
Monetary Fund
Freedom House Report
Prison
Population Statistics
Amnesty International
Report
Data on Human Trafficking
& Slavery
Transparency International Corruption Report
Overview with political and topographic maps
Yemeni Intelligence Services
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Population January 2014 -
3,942,000
Population 2050 (projected) 71,100,000
+ 268%
from 2000
U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Human Beings Report
Yemen
does
not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking human beings.
U.S. State Dept. Human Rights Report
Age of Consent - No Legal Definition
United Nations International Migration Profile
National
Intelligence Quotient - 83
Armed
Forces
United States US AID Payments
News
Sources
Yemen
Times
Chambers
of Commerce
Wikipedia Overview
Current Conflicts
Currency exchange rates for Local Currency
Local
weather conditions today
Local Time
Member
of the League of Arab States
TODAY'S
NEWS IN YEMEN
Republic of Yemen
Nation Founded 1990
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