11.   With grants coming in steadily, dissidents argued, there was no reason to become more like an ordinary business.

12.   The ADB grants will come from its Japan Special Fund, which is funded by the Japanese government.

13.   The grant came after heavy lobbying by the private, nonprofit Preservation Resource Center, whose mission is to save historic buildings.

14.   The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the American grant comes in the framework of U.S. efforts to encourage private investment in Yemen.