91.   Yemeni officials said the kidnappers were apparently demanding from the Yemeni government a share of international aid provided after floods in the region last year.

92.   Kinkel thanked the Yemeni government and local authorities for their efforts in rescuing the hostages.

93.   Kinkel also thanked the Yemeni government and local authorities for their cooperation.

94.   Meanwhile, a London-based opposition group, the observatory of the Islamic press, has accused the Yemeni government of handing over Moslem militants to Saudi Arabia.

95.   Meanwhile, the Yemeni government announced that it may ask three companies competing for a five-billion-dollar gas project to form a partnership.

96.   Musharraf assured Saleh of his readiness to cooperate with the Yemeni government in this matter, the agency added.

97.   Planning Minister Abdel Karim al-Iryani, a northerner, will represent the Yemeni government.

98.   Representatives of the three companies are holding discussions with the Yemeni government on the project, the weekly said.

99.   Talks were going on Sunday for the formation of a south Yemeni government, sources in Aden said.

100.   The Hungarian company MOL will invest at least eight million dollars in oil exploration in eastern Yemen under an agreement signed with the Yemeni government, officials announced Sunday.