81.   Yemeni authorities received the letter on Saturday.

82.   Friji said UN agencies based in Sanaa had agreed with the Yemeni authorities to send evaluation teams to assess the number of displaced persons.

83.   In Sanaa, Yemeni authorities also announced the start of Ramadan Tuesday.

84.   In the past several months a number of Egyptian fisherman have been detained and their boats seized by Yemeni authorities for fishing in Yemeni waters.

85.   According to the Yemeni authorities the Iraqis did not want to be returned to Yemen, where they lived before they went to Sweden.

86.   Arab diplomats said the Yemeni authorities recently handed over an unspecified number of Saudis who had served in Afghanistan.

87.   At his request, Yemeni authorities had stepped up security around the building housing the embassy.

88.   Boutros-Ghali blamed northern Yemeni authorities for bombing Aden and urged them to declare an immediate ceasefire.

89.   But Yemeni authorities later denied that there had been any demonstration or arrests.

90.   The Polish ambassador also said that a request to be put in touch with the hostages had been turned down by the Yemeni authorities.