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Al-Ahram Weekly 30 Sep. - 6 Oct. 1999 Issue No. 449 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 30 Sep. - 6 Oct. 1999 Issue No. 449
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SALEH CELEBRATED: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waving to thousands of supporters celebrating his victory in the country's first direct presidential elections held last week.
In a news conference on Sunday, Saleh accused Britain and the United States of hypocrisy for leading a campaign against international terrorism while hosting Islamist militants.
Saleh also vowed to focus on pushing forward administrative and economic reforms and reinforcing security in the country.
The United States and Britain "call for fighting terrorism and preach human rights while they harbour terrorism... This is wrong", he said.
Saleh, who won 96.3 per cent of the vote against a little-known rival, said he was not planning a cabinet reshuffle after his election victory, which was widely predicted.
Opposition parties boycotted the poll after parliament barred their candidate, Ali Saleh Obad Mugbil, from running. Mugbil leads Yemen's main opposition group, the Socialist Party.
Opposition leaders, including Mugbil, attended a reception held by the president on Sunday to congratulate him on his victory.
Saleh also urged opposition leaders who fled the country after the 1994 civil war, to return home, but said four leaders of the opposition Yemen Socialist Party convicted of treason and sentenced to death were not welcome.
(photo:AFP)
