Almotamar.net - The Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) on Monday extended invitation to the European Commission and the Union to take part in get acquainted with and observe the process of different procedures related to the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled in Yemen in April 2009.
The invitation came when the member of the SCER in charge of external relations Dr Jaafar Basaleh received Monday the director of the European Commission (EC) Office in Yemen. Basaleh discussed with the European official aspects of bilateral cooperation of the SCER and the EC in the electoral field.
The meeting also reviewed the steps taken by the SCER in preparation for revising and correcting voter tables in preparation for holding the parliamentary elections in 2009.
SCER called last Wednesday those wishing to take par in the process of observation from those sides, from embassies of Arab and friendly countries and the international organisations working in Yemen to send their applications to the SCER's sector for civil society organisations in a time of two weeks.
The Commission received ten requests for participation in that process from local civil organisations until last Saturday whiles the sector for external relations received 19 requests for international observers.
On his part the member of the SCER, chairman of the sector for civil society organisations Mohammed al-Saqqaf Balghaith said in a statement to almotamar.net that some civil society organisations that came with requests for observation of the process of revising and correcting voter tables were still meeting the conditions requested from them in line with the law of general elections and referendum in this regard.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
SCER asks European commission & Union for parliamentary elections observation
