Cablegate: Action Completed: Promoting Sustainable

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UNCLAS SANAA 002832

SIPDIS

STATE PASS TO OES/PCI LACEY RAAK AND OES/PCI LORI BRUTTEN.

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KPAO YM
SUBJECT: ACTION COMPLETED: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT SEED ANNOUNCEMENT

REF: SECSTATE 207463

1. Embassy Sanaa completed reftel action request. September
7, 2004 media notice on the Seed Initiative was sent by PD to
normal newspaper distribution throughout Yemen on September
29, 2004. The notice was picked up by at least the Annahar,
a weekly independent publication. Annahar has a weekly
circulation of over 10 thousand copies in the larger Yemeni
cities. The release has also been posted on the Embassy's
public Internet site.

2. Names and contact information of in-country journalists
to be forwarded to the Seed Secretariate:

Mr. Walid Al-Saqqaf
Editor-in-Chief
Yemen Times - Bi-weekly
Tel: 967 1 268 661
Fax: 967 1 268 276
Mobile: 967 71 717 133
E-mail: yementimes@yementimes.com
Web site: www.yementimes.com

Mr. Mohamed Al-Asadi
Managing Editor
Yemen Observer - Weekly
Tel: 967 1 203 393
Fax: 967 1 207 239
Mobile: 967 71 656 656
E-mail: editor@yobserver.com
Web site: www.yobserver.com

Mr. Basha Basharahil
Managing Editor
Al-Ayyam - Independent Daily
Tel: 967 2 255 170
Fax: 967 2 255 692
Mobile: 967 73 220 747
E-mail: alayyam@y.net.ye
Web site: www.al-ayyam-yemen.com

Mr. Abdul-Alem Bajash
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Al-Usbu - Independent Weekly
Tel: 967 1 212 554
Fax: 967 1 204 464
Mobile: 967 73 224 927
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