1.   But senior American officials, relieved, were not disposed to quibble, and suggested that the Yemeni leader had shifted his position after conducting his own inquiry.

2.   Yemeni tribal leaders consider themselves shamed if they cannot assist those who come to them seeking help.

3.   Peres promised the Yemeni leader that normalization with the Jewish state could proceed slowly, the radio said.

4.   President Hosni Mubarak and Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh departed Monday for Casablanca, Morocco, to attend the Organization of Islamic Conference summit.

5.   Exiled Yemeni leader Ali Nasser Mohammed, who suffered a heart attack last month, has been flown aboard a special Saudi plane to London for treatment.

6.   It is the first visit of a Yemeni leader to Malaysia, according to local press reports.

7.   Moussa, who carried a message from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh, was expected to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation.

8.   The state-owned Middle East News Agency said President Hosni Mubarak made the appeal during a telephone conversation with the Yemeni leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

9.   Yemeni tribal leaders denied their people are holding a German diplomat kidnapped one month ago, but security officials are adamant he remains in their hands.

10.   Yemeni tribal leaders have demanded chiefs from another clan ensure the release a German diplomat kidnapped almost one month ago, a newspaper reported Thursday.