VOL. XXX

NO. 14

12-JANUARY-1987

NORTH YEMEN

Marib Dam Inaugurated

A new dam constructed at Marib at some 175 kms. east of San'a in North Yemen,which will irrigate more than 10,000 hectares of land near the Empty Quarter ofthe Arabian desert and provide electricity for rural Yemeni towns, wasofficially inaugurated towards the end of December by North Yemeni President'Ali Abd Allah Salih and UAE President Shaikh Zayid ibn Sultan al-Nuhayyan. TheTurkish Prime Minister, Mr. Turgut Ozal, also attended...